2007-02-21 16:09:34 · 11 answers · asked by indieassassin 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Because Yahoo doesn't want us to learn stuff, man.
2007-02-21 16:26:09 · answer #1 · answered by I Do Not ♥ Yahoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a reasonable way to try and understand why is to start from what's desirable to make the Answers community work, and then see how they arrange the point system to encourage that.
Well, at the very least you want people to provide both questions and answers, and at least as many answers as questions. Also, you want to encourage good questions.
So a good way to encourage a balance is to turn it into a zero-sum game. The scores for questions, voting for a best answer for your question, and providing an answer suggest that's what Yahoo regards as the baseline level of participation. If there weren't rewards for getting one's answer voted as best question, one has balance. With just those three scores, one ends up with a balanced system. Also, whether by accident or not, if nobody votes for a best answer then at least you get more answers coming in than questions, so even if you don't get great answer the system limps along.
However, to encourage better answers, the extra points bias a balanced system to encourage better answers and more of them. So the points for best answer not only rewards answerers but encourages competition among answerers. Additionally, providing the extra point for voting on other answers or getting "thumbs up" on your answers encourages a certain amount of extra "third party" validation of answers.
It's just a theory.
2007-02-22 00:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by Ralph S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just how the point system works.
2007-02-22 00:12:49 · answer #3 · answered by atcblue05 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because most people would rather ask questions than answer and to keep it at an appropriate number of answers, they do that. :D
2007-02-22 00:21:33 · answer #4 · answered by Christine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess we can't have everything. Make sure you pick Best Answer, so you get 3 points back.
2007-02-22 00:13:31 · answer #5 · answered by Stormee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good point. I have no idea... i know thats not the answer your looking for. cause it seems like they would give us more points as enticement to use yahoo more...
2007-02-22 00:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by Kritsi Nicole 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it makes people think and the smell of burning brain cells causes pollution..
2007-02-22 00:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by metoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to encourage you to answer so you can get your points back. that is why i answered this one after all
2007-02-22 00:20:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz they want you answer them instead of ask them
2007-02-22 00:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by Koozie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to get knowledge
2007-02-22 00:15:43 · answer #10 · answered by micho 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋