when i first joined i had 109 points how is it that i am down to 107?
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You just lost 2 points for asking that question. But I got 2 for answering it. Get it? :)
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First of all, to get the best answers, you should ask this question in the Yahoo! Answers subcategory of Yahoo! Products.\n\nI've been on the site for just over two months. Other top users have been here for a shorter or longer period of time. Most of the time spent on the site is devoted to answering questions well. If there's a subject you know well, stick to it for a while. See if there are any old questions about that subject that you can answer.\n\nOf course, spending excessive amount of time on Yahoo! Answers could negatively affect your personal life, so you may want to consider your priorities before you attempt to reach 40,000 points yourself.
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From what i see, it is like a game, you gamed up all the points.. put you on a higher level so you can game more; ask more questions and answer more; to gain even more points
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the more points u get, the higher the level, the higher the level the more priviledges u get. i dont really get it but if u get like 2000 points, you can be featured as a masthead. i am not sure but up where it says "points" next to ur name, click on it and u can find it out for urself. i hope i helped
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As far as I know, his username is yahooza dot com and points scored while I am typing is 3098. He is at level 4. This is because he started 5 months ahead of us
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As you've probably noticed by now, you lost 5 points for asking this question. You can get three of it back by picking a best answer.\nDifferent point values are given for different activities on this site. It's simply to encourage you to participate.\nYou get two points for answering a question, one point for picking an answer on undecided questions, one point for rating a resolved question. You'll get ten points for being picked as a "best answer" by the asker or the public (undecided questions).\nAfter you get so many points, you move up to different levels. You're on level 1 right now. When you've earned 250 points you'll move up to level 2.\nAt the top of the page, click on your points and you'll see how it works.
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get as many points as u can
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Most likely it's mental. If I were you I would do 305 for a little bit even if your reps are less. Get yourself thinking that 300 is just a platform. Make sure that you are not the strongest person that you hang out with.
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*sigh* I am way off from winning but I love the points...thanks btw.
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You automatically get 100 points when you start using it.  Then afterwards they have a point break down system.  If you've answered, asked or rated any questions you've already accumulated your first 33 points.
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You are asking about two things: posting and answering.\n\nPosting:\n0 points directly\n5 points for picking the best or calling a vote\n\nAnswering:\n2 points for answering\n10 points if your answer is picked as best. Let's say this could happen 50% of the time if you pick questions carefully.\n1 point per thumbs up. Once the site gets rolling, let's say each best answer above gets another 6 points.\n(This means each answer picked as best gets 16+2 points, but an answer not picked gets 0+2 points.)\n\nYou also get one point per day just for logging in. Adding it up, you can get an average 16 points/day by asking and answering (each) one question.\n\nYou need 4900 more points to get to level 5, so that would take 307 days. Answering/asking more than one per day will go even faster.
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Well, the points are really meaningless.  They're meant for fun.  Does it really matter if you have points deducted?
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I dunno, possibly. I'd specify too much points, per unit time. You could have 1 million points, but if it took you 1 million days to get them, you really haven't spent all that much of your time on it. I think I'd become a little concerned somewhere around 1,000 points/week. But that's just me.
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273 now\n267 \nI think you should reward the person with the least points they need it most. why not help them out? but click on their name first to make sure they are being honest. \nI think people like you make yahoo a better place thanks.\nyou use 5 points so someone else can gain 12 points
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250\nIf you click on your points up in the light yellow bar where it says hello and your name it'll take you to a page describing how to earn pts and what the levels are
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anyways i got my points
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Big Willie,\n\nYour points total is presently 132 and you need 250 to move to level 2.  You need 118 to get to that level.  So, once you get another 118 points to bring your total to 250 you will advance to level 2.