I mean is it not the point to ask questions: therefore i should be getting point not the point being subtracted does anyone know how this is suppose to work
2006-07-24 04:57:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
From the sound of it, it is working how it supposed to. Minus points for asking questions. Plus for picking a best answer and answering.
2006-07-24 04:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by Duds331 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
You are right - Yahoo Answers stays busy because of the flow of unending questions! But Yahoo wants lots of answers for those questions. It forces us to not only get info we want but participate to help others.
Luckily theyve several sure ways to get points:
+3 Choose a best answer for your question
+2 Answer a question
+1 Log in, limit once daily
+1 Rate a best answer
Plus a big 10 points for being picked best
Take a break from questions and earn points until youre score is over 250. That way you can ask 10 questions daily instead of 5. As well you earning potential increases with 40 daily answers instead of 20.
2006-07-24 12:58:47 · answer #2 · answered by SASHA123 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is considered a privilege to ask a question. Everyone is given a certain number of opportunities (I think you get 100 points for signing up so that's 20 questions at 5 points each). After that, you have to contribute to the community for the privilege of asking questions. After all, if everyone could ask unlimited numbers of questions and it didn't "cost" anything in points then you could end up with a situation where no one was putting in responses. That's not completely likely, but I think it's a deterrent to keep the quality of questions relatively high (obviously doesn't always work though).
2006-07-24 12:23:07 · answer #3 · answered by Ladida 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea was to discourage silly questions like, "Who am I?" and "How old am I?" A quick review of the questions on this site shows 5 points does not work. I think they should raise the point deduction to 15 points to reduce the foolishness we see daily on this site!!
Chow!!
2006-07-24 15:02:16 · answer #4 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't like spending points to ask a question?
Try google answers. I'm sure you'll like that system muuuuuuch better.
2006-07-24 15:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by Narplex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whn we ask questions teachers think tht we r absent minded
and cut our marks
2006-07-24 12:00:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the benefit of silence
2006-07-24 12:28:26 · answer #7 · answered by a_ebnlhaitham 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz learning costs everywhere
2006-07-24 12:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by nalan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all part of the game. Thanks for playing.
2006-07-24 13:35:58 · answer #9 · answered by The Stranger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋