how come, you dont get points for asking questions, its more fun, than answering....?

Question

you get points for answering, points for choosing a best answer, n all you gety for asking, is five points deducted.....no fair.

Answer 1

good question. I think we should atleast on point for askin. Though deducting makes it harder to get the the higher score
u want to answer more questions that way.

Answer 2

Why is it so important to gather in points? You're right, it is more fun than answering. As long as you select a 'best answer' when the three days are up, it will only cost you two points, and you can make that up by answering one question.

Don't be a points miser. If you want to know something, ask.

Answer 3

by awarding points when asking, then every user will ask zillions of questions, no matter how silly. They do that even now, when the are taken 5 points from doing so. If you don;t see the point, think about how many silly, unwanted and nothing-to-do answers someone receives when asking a question.

Answer 4

Well then people would ruin it.. You know it is easy to ask than answering. I can ask 100 questions in a minute but cannot answer that much :)

Current logic of Yahoo! Answers is quiet fair i think.

Answer 5

i thought that so now i answer more questions than i ask then when I've enough points I'll ask some questions. The points are stupid but I'm sad and like to win so i keep at it!!

Answer 6

i agree, there are so many questions i want to ask and if there is a question i can answe usually people have already said what i was going to. :(

Answer 7

That is not the way the game is played. It is about sharing your knoweldge not your curiosity.