Anybody wonder why Yahoo didn't reward points to questions that are starred?

Question

I mean, come on! They fuss over best answers, right? But what about best questions?

Any weirdo can post up a question like this: How you doing?
And any weirdo can answer like this: Good.
And they can still get 10 points for that!

Starred questions should get points, because (assuming the person who starred the question is a rational human being) the question is probably a question worth answering.

P.S. This isn't supposed to be a rant. It's supposed to be funny. I kinda messed up on the funny part, but hey. I'm not gonna go back and retype.
Here's your funny: HHAHAHAAAH... Man, I'm making a joke outta myself.

I can reason with the deducting points because basically, the points are like money. You want to buy a question, you gotta pay.

Here's an example:
Question is a motocross bike.
The deduction of the 5 pts is the money you pay for the bike.

BUT!!!!

If you do well on the bike and enter into races and place first, the bike's company (in which you bought it from) is very likely to sponser you, right? That's where the Starred Questions come in.

But, kr_toronto, it's just as well that friends can post a question and can automatically choose Best Answer for their friends, even though it might not be. How is it any different?

Cross the above. I udnerstand what you're saying after I reread.

Answer 1

The reason why they DON'T do this is because people will star EVERY one of their friends questions - and people will start opening accounts JUST to hand out stars to THEMSELVES...

As for the "stupid answer" choosing - what happens a LOT of the time is that people will create a "dummy" account, post a question, and then log onto their "main" account and answer the question. After a day or so, they will log back onto the "dummy" account - and give their "main" account the BEST ANSWER for EVERY one of their questions!!!

Personally, I have gotten TWO users BANNED who had done this - the proof was right there in their profiles!

They would ask all five questions in the same category, and then log back in under their "real" account - and quickly get themselves listed as "Top Contributer", as well as an inflated point score...

Answer 2

Not as often as I wonder why the deduct points for asking questions.

You make a valid argument though.

Answer 3

I thank this system so much that allows me to reply just "eh?" , "good", "fine", "what?" "ha ha ha ha" and win 2+ points!! and with good luck maybe 10 more!!

;)

Answer 4

well that would be different