Surely, without the questions there would be no answers!
2006-09-14 13:37:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Thanks to everyone, you gave me a new perspective on the subject.
2006-09-14 14:05:07 · update #1
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.)
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!
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.
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2006-09-15 20:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by tombraider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get three points back for choosing a best answer. You have a point, but I think it just encourages participation, and that people give more answers than ask questions.
2006-09-14 21:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At levels 1 and 2 I felt the same. Now (level 4) it's meaningless. Just answer some stuff and it'll all turn out ok.
2006-09-14 20:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just as crazy as it is to automatically give two points to anyone for "answering" a question when the answers don't have to be relevant at all!
For instance, I could've simply typed in FISH here and, bingo, two more points.
Ah me!
2006-09-14 21:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're only losing two points, since you get 3 points back for choosing a best answer.
2006-09-14 20:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by john 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its really so ANNOYING. I'm trying to get to level 2 But i dont just coz i lose marks because of questions. So now i never ask them. Maybe they deduct marks so that u never ask meaningless questions.
2006-09-15 04:42:21 · answer #6 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it should be related to the relvence to the questions..If Y! decides that is a decent question then maybe you should receive say 3points. But if its another question dealing with atheists vs. christians or "Am I cute?" then it should be deducted...in my opinion..
2006-09-14 20:46:27 · answer #7 · answered by *~*Mary*~* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think maybe that was a way of trying to avoid so many nonsense questions!
2006-09-14 20:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by Jo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not just you i think you should get 5 points!
2006-09-14 20:40:26 · answer #9 · answered by heavy_metal_freak113 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. It sucks, after all my futile attempts to get to Level 2. I guess thats the challenge.
2006-09-14 20:45:50 · answer #10 · answered by Ximomila 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋