how to use points?

Question

i realy need help how do i use these points

Answer 1

the only thing you can "buy" with the points is the ability to ask a question

asking a question costs five points

nothing else costs points (besides abuse reports placed on you)

Answer 2

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 at 'Yahoo! Answers Scoring' summarizes the point values for different actions.
Yahoo! Answers Scoring>
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system

You get wonderful prizes every year, like stickers, magnets, mugs, and caps.

At higher levels you can increase your activity within a 24hr. period.
You can:
>ask more questions,
>answer more questions,
>give stars to more questions,
>rate more answers (thumbs up/down),
>vote on more answers,
>add more comments to questions,
>get better prizes,
>and at level seven, you can trade your pnts for a magical unicorn, or rainbow. And the magic Yahoo! Yamster brings you a wonderful surprise.

Yahoo! Answers Scoring>
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system

The more points you get, the higher the level you reach.

The higher the level, the more questions you can answer - the more answers you can give to questions - the more stars you can give to questions - the more ratings (thumbs up/down) you can give to answers - the more votes you can cast for answers to questions in voting - the more comments you can add to questions - in a 24 hour period.

If you have the highest average of best answers, in a given category, you get honorable mention. And you get to ride the Yahoo! float in a parade to your honor.

When you ask a question, you lose 5pnts, but if you pick a best answer you get 3pnts back.

If you let your answers go to voting and other people pick your best answer, you don't get pnts back.

If no best answer is chosen by you or voters, you get your 5pnts back.

If you vote for a best answer to questions that are 'In Voting', you get 1pnt.

Each day you enter Yahoo! Answers, you get 1pnt.

If you answer a question, you get 2pnts.

If your answer is picked as 'Best Answer', you get 10pnts, plus 1pnt for each thumbs up (up to 50pnts - for a possible total of 62pnts for a 'Best Answer' - counting the initial two points for answering the question)

Yahoo! Answers Help
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers...


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25,000+ pnts
Level 7
* ask unlimited questions per day
* answer unlimited questions per day
* add unlimited comments to questions per day
* give stars to questions - 100 per day
* rate unlimited answers to questions per day (thumbs up/down)
* vote on questions in voting - 100 per day

10,000 pnts
Level 6
* ask unlimited questions per day
* answer unlimited questions per day
* add unlimited comments to questions per day
* give stars to questions - 100 per day
* rate unlimited answers to questions per day (thumbs up/down)
* vote on questions in voting - 100 per day

5,000 pnts
Level 5
* ask unlimited questions per day
* answer unlimited questions per day
* add unlimited comments to questions per day
* give stars to questions - 100 per day
* rate unlimited answers to questions per day (thumbs up/down)
* vote on questions in voting - 80 per day

2,500 pnts
Level 4
* ask 20 questions per day
* answer 80 questions per day
* add 40 comments per day to questions
* give stars to questions - 100 per day
* rate unlimited answers to questions per day (thumbs up/down)
* vote on quetions in voting - 80 per day

1,000 pnts
Level 3
* ask 15 questions per day
* answer 60 questions per day
* add 30 comments per day to questions
* give stars to questions - 100 per day
* rate unlimited answers to questions per day (thumbs up/down)
* vote on questions in voting - 60 per day

250 pnts
Level 2
* ask 10 questions per day
* answer 40 questions per day
* add 20 comments per day to questions
* give stars to questions - 100 per day
* rate unlimited answers to questions per day (thumbs up/down)
* vote on questions in voting - 40 per day

1-249 pnts
Level 1
* ask 5 questions per day
* answer 20 questions per day
* add 10 comments per day to questions
* give stars to questions - 10 per day
* no thumbs up or down til level 2
* vote on questions in voting - 40 per day

Yahoo! Answers Points & Scoring>
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system