what do we do with the points we earn for answering question?
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when you get 10,000,000,000 you can trade them in on a 1946 Jeep Willis, a trip to Iraq, a shuttle trip that may or or may not have a fuel leak or bad orings, or you can pass them out to friends, \nJust kidding, I really don't know, I guess it is just bragging rights
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You "pay" 2 points for asking questions and you "earn" points for "giving back" by answering questions or choosing a best answer.
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You can give someone points by giving them "Best Answer" or "Voting" their answer as a thumb's up.
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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 was wondering this same thing before. A lot of people just answer for the points. What honestly what do the points do. Its all very confusing to me.\n\nI guess its nice to ask questions to people with out them truly knowing who you are. So they can't judge.
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You lose two points for every question you ask.  Yahoo! gives a new Answers member 100 bonus points to start with, so if you answer a question (two points) for every question you ask, you will stay even.
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WE GET 2 POINTS FOR ANSWERING A QUESTION AND 10 FOR BEST ANSWER FROM THESE POINTS WE ASK QUESTIONS FOR WHICH WE HAVE TO GIVE 5 POINTS
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No u cant.. u can only use ur points to answer questions.. and u get unlimited questions whn u reach up to lever 7... buh u cant buy wit ur points...
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Well by just asking your question then every person that answers will get 2 points and when you pick your best answer then that is another 10 points coming from you so if I were you girl then I would start answering questions and try to be chosen as the "best chosen ansewer' to get the points that you lost!
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Nothing.  Only psychological rewards.  Points scheme is ingenious on Yahoo's part--look at how motivated everyone is to get points!
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Keep answering questions. The better your answers, the greater the chance for you to score points with the asker.
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Stop asking unnecessary questions and instead answer questions and also vote for best answers. Every time you ask a question you lose 5 points.
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you get the points for choosing a best answer.(like this one :).)
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To encourage participation and reward great answers, Yahoo! Answers has a system of points and levels. The number of points you get depends on the specific action you take. The points table below summarizes the point values for different actions. While you can't use points to buy or redeem anything, they do allow everyone to recognize how active and helpful you've been. (And they give you another excuse to brag to your friends.)
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Earning points occurs naturally while we're trying to answer questions and help other people. However, at times points seem more appealing that that. They call out to people's competitive spirit and encourage them to stay up all night on Yahoo! Answers.\n\nOf course, when you're getting started, points serve as a basis for determining what your daily limits will be for answering questions and otherwise participating on the site, so it's good to get up a few levels so you won't end up hitting your limit just when there was one question you really wanted to answer.
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tip to gain points answer questions moron and we reach levels
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ask ?'s answer & rate ?'s earn point's & the rights to ask and answer more ?'s.