What does '100 points' mean? What di I do with the points?

Question

Just signed up and saw that I have these points.

Answer 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.)
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.

Answer 2

When you first sign up, they give you 100 points for just signing up. Now you can earn more points by answering questions. Each time you ask a question, they deduct 5 points.


Hope this answered your question.

Answer 3

You can begin asking questions rather than only answering them. You will use 5 of your points for every question that you ask. Also, start answering questions and continue to earn more points. There are many levels. Once you start answering, it may become addictive.
Good luck to you!

Answer 4

you use them to ask questions like this one.....notice you don't have 100 points no more, cause asking a question costs you points