whats with the points thingy on here....?
453360
As of now you get ranked in the leaderboard and once you reach the Level 7 your name kinda gets featured in the masthead. Well there is no Freebies for what you earn. But maybe we can expect something once this is formally launched. Because as you can see, Y!A is still in BETA.\n\n.:Fishie:.
162351
The board is only updated once a week...you may not have had enough points to place during the last update.\n\nGood luck!
93912
Why what's the catch? No offense but you got to wonder why anybody would give away so many points.
688965
Well, the points are really meaningless.  They're meant for fun.  Does it really matter if you have points deducted?
506725
I DONT HAVE TIME TO READ THAT ...LOL ...ALL I CAN SAY IS ...THANKS FOR THE POINTS..HAHA
263400
Because you are only on level one and have used up your limit for today.   Try rating and voting for some answers to boost your points score.  If you click on the number of points that you have it will tell you all about point scoring and the levels.
250298
Well limiting my answer to only this site, I would say a lot of folks on here are just playing it like it's a game, and going for the points that really get us nowhere...\nI don't understand why the points factor in anyway, we don't get anything out of it...\n\nPeople don't spell right because they don't try and they are in a hurry for whatever reason...\nAs little effort as is required to use the spell check feature, I don't know why they won't use it...\nI wish there was a way for Yahoo to make spelling correctly mandatory some way...\nI hate seeing so many words spelled incorrectly while I spend so much time getting all my answers to come out right and I use the spell check so I don't look dumb...\nI think a lot of folks just don't care either...
672756
becoz they r silly ppl!!! lol 4 da points!!!! :-)
198518
well if u ask me i dont think its the points that count but the help we give to eachother i mean if u can see all the plp askin ?s they seriouly have problems n need advice from other plp.well n 4 all the plp who r here 4 points u all got sum serious issues think abt it this points are not going to take u anywhere in life u not gone win $ 1000000 or a big present after u reach a certain level so instead of answerin pls qustions only with one word like yes or no to just get points ur retarted points are not gone take u anywhere but actually answering somebodys ? normally n truely meaning it well help that person.
1015344
Go to http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system.php \n\nIt will explain the point system.
179304
it takes awhile for your points to upload to the server... esp when they're doing maintenance or if it's a high traffic time... be patient, don't worry, your points will show up.
1177427
I agree with you. I think people do it to accumulate points rather than present a worthwhile and thought out answer. I asked some serious questions and received some smart aleck answers myself. Some of them displayed quite a sense of humor, though! It's what we make it, just like anything in life...
376799
LOL. All I can figure is a pathetic need for attention or needing validation by getting 'points' that mean nothing. I think this idea would actually sorta work if Yahoo dumped the points idea. Points just turn it into a video game instead of something useful.
870159
I HAVE NO IDEA I JUST WANT POINTS.
431574
The more points you get, the more questions you can ask at one time.  Also you get to find out the answers to the questions first when you have more points.  So that's pretty much it.  I think it's just a way to get us to come on here and ask and answer questions.  And it works. :-)
100906
Nothing, just trying to get people to participate in the answers program. People are hooked on points even though it doesn't mean anything except to prove you spend too much time on the computer
558708
click on your username and it will tell you. click on the amount of points you have to see the point scheme