Philosophically speaking, asking questions seems like a really good thing, but Yahoo! penalizes our point total whenever we ask a question. Why?
2007-02-11 15:25:13 · 10 answers · asked by Tom Heston 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Probably to discourage people from spamming the board with lots of totally pointless questions.
(Right. We've seen how well THAT works! Not you personally, but there are a few posters who come to mind...)
Edited: In response to spiralia8's point... True, spammers won't care about points, but since you only get 100 points to start it limits the number of questions they can ask before they have to either (a) abandon the account, or (b) start putting back into the system by offering answers. Granted, it isn't the best system, since spammers can spam answers just as easily, but I'm just trying to get inside the heads of those who designed Y!A in the first place. I never said it was an efficient system... ;-)
2007-02-11 15:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know this until I asked my 2nd question recently. That doesn't make sense. Prairiecrow says its to discourage spammers, but why would spammers care about silly points anyway? I don't even understand why we even get points. I haven't been doing this very long so there is probably lots I don't know about Yahoo Answers yet.
2007-02-11 15:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by spiralia8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure it Does Deduct 5 factors from all of us who asks a query and likely its honest its to inspire people to construct the factors lower back up via answering extra questions additionally there's a query shrink rule to help quit unsolicited mail and different undesirable habit in this internet site
2016-09-29 00:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the idea is to help provide several answers for each question. The system only works if people answer more than they ask.
2007-02-13 00:26:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need the help of others so it costs you, so what? Are points really that important to you. They're only earthly things! You expect to get paid for asking for help? Do you expect to get help for free (on Yahoo Answers)? Good night!
2007-02-11 15:30:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The point additions and deductions are spelled out very well. Those are the rules. If you don't like it, don't post any questions on Yahoo!Answers.
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2007-02-11 15:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe to prevent tons of stupid questions from being asked...since people lose points for asking questions, maybe they will put more thought into them.
2007-02-11 15:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by ambr123 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Do you really care for the points?
2007-02-11 15:40:15 · answer #8 · answered by Atheist Eye Candy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep
This place is called YAHOO ANSWERS
NOT Yahoo questions!
2007-02-11 15:30:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Is a free site.
I don't make the rules.
2007-02-11 15:29:55 · answer #10 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋