What are the points and levels for In Yahoo answers?

Question

I know I could look it up, but I just can't be ask.

Answer 1

When you have looked it up or found out the answer please let me know. In the meantime I will just have 2 more points.

Answer 2

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

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

I think it's about trust. You can only ask 5 questions at level 1. I think that stops people being able to join up and start spamming.
It also reminds you that nothing is free. i.e. you have to answer to keep up your points.
It's not a perfect system, as it doesn't reward the people who ask the best questions.
Probably more to it than that.

Answer 6

easy to look up i know level 2 is 250 points then level 3 is 1000 if u left mouseclick on your name it will tell u .

Answer 7

Its for fun I think and so people feel like they are rewarded by yahoo! for answering questions, thats what I think anyway.

Answer 8

you can answer more Qs per day with higher levels
and it looks pretty on your profile page

Answer 9

on the points page just click on your points and it should take you to the points page.