How does the point system works on this Q&A thing?

Answer 1

Put it this way, you have a LONG way to go!

Answer 2

http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system;_ylt=AmeSeQS3PpJy8KEiykbTpbQezKIX

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
Vote for No best answer 0
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!

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.

Level Points Questions Answers Comments Rates Votes
7 25000+ * unlimited * unlimited 100
6 10,000 - 24,999 * unlimited * unlimited 100
5 5,000 - 9,999 * unlimited * unlimited 80
4 2,500-4,999 20 80 40 unlimited 80
3 1,000-2,499 15 60 30 unlimited 60
2 250-999 10 40 20 unlimited 40
1 1-249 5 20 10 0 20
*All limitations are per day

Answer 3

you get 2 points for every question you answer. (the reason I'm answering yours). And lose five points for every question you ask. You could have clicked on the thing that yahoo provides and found a more detailed answer and not lost five points, o well.
At level one you can only answer 20 questions a day. At level two you can answer 40 and vote on best answers. As was already mentioned you don't have to be overly concerned with this for a while.

Answer 4

funny, the points don't really get you anywhere, yet we all seem to want to get there!! Just keep answering away!!