What do you do with these points?

Answer 1

You just collect and collect them until you are already on top of the leaderboard. :)

Answer 2

Points and Levels
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.)
Points Table Action Points
Begin participating on Yahoo! Answers One time: 100
Ask a question -5
Choose a best answer for your question 3
No Best Answer was selected by voters on your question Points Returned: 5
Answer a question 2
Deleting an answer -2
Log in to Yahoo! Answers Once daily: 1
Vote for a best answer 1
Rate a best answer 1
Have your answer selected as the best answer 10
Receive a "thumbs-up" rating on a best answer that you wrote (up to 50 thumbs-up are counted) 1 per "thumbs-up"


Levels are another way to keep track of how active you (and others) have been. The more points you accumulate, the higher your level. Yahoo! Answers recognizes your level achievements with our special brand of thank you's! Level Yahoo! Answers Thank Yous Points
7 Be the first to find out! 25000+
6 Be the first to find out! 10,000 - 24,999
5 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the home page masthead. 5,000 - 9,999
4 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the community manager editorial page. (coming soon) 2,500-4,999
3 A super-special Yahoo! Answers thank you. (coming soon) 1,000-2,499
2 A special Yahoo! Answers thank you. (coming soon) 250-999
1 Full access to Yahoo! Answers! 1-249
0 Limited access: you cannot ask a question but have level 1 privileges 0


And finally, as you attain higher levels, you'll also be able to contribute more to Yahoo! Answers - you can ask, answer, vote and rate more frequently. *All limitations are per day Level Questions Answers Comments Rates Votes
6, 7 * unlimited * 100 100
5 * unlimited * 100 100
4 20 80 40 80 80
3 15 60 30 60 60
2 10 40 20 40 40
1 5 20 10 20 20

Answer 3

It's like a game. you gain by answering and lose by asking. Your goal is to get at the top of the point list and then you see what happens.

Answer 4

The points are only here for only a benchmark, more or less...just bragging rights for now.

Answer 5

on the points page you didn't read it says they can't be used for anything but bragging. but braggarts have no friends.

Answer 6

Nothing! just keep getting more and feel good about yourself... you're a solutions provider! lol!

Answer 7

zip... its just for ranking,, like ebay seller ranking

Answer 8

you enjoy it