Why exactly do you star a question?

Question

I know most of you aren't old enough here in Y/A and witnessed the good old system of thumbing up or down a question...man it was more fun...
anyway, why is this star system? there is a count on you stars received? as if i m going to cash them at the end of the year ..

Edit:
Yes people..the problem is, if you have too many contacts and friends, you just don't notice certain questions of some contacts who post more interesting questions than others...and you like find only 3 "starred" questions from the same user and miss the parties..

Edit:
Yes people..the problem is, if you have too many contacts and friends, you just don't notice certain questions of some contacts who post more interesting questions than others...and you like find only 3 "starred" questions from the same user and miss the parties..

Edit:
Yes people..the problem is, if you have too many contacts and friends, you just don't notice certain questions of some contacts who post more interesting questions than others...and you like find only 3 "starred" questions from the same user and miss the parties..

I guess we have to do it "manually"!

Answer 1

tell me about it!!!...i had many of my q deleted even after a day from posting it just for some moron likes to hit the report abuse button...and i have many thumbs down fairies....

i wish i had points for my stars i have like 188 star....
i star a question weather i like it and i want my friend to se it and answer it......or i dnt know the answer and it's important issue so i star it so my contacts could see it and might any of them know the answer....

and i was surprised to know that some ppl dnt know if you're choosen best answer,u got 1 pts for each thumb up...i once got 25 points for a best answer....thank God there's not effect whatso ever of the thumb down....

Answer 2

I don't star many questions. But I do try and make a point of starring a question that I think is interesting and may be something that a number of people are wondering about but have never ask.
I actually don't think the star system has much relevance and I have wondered why it was initiated at all.
Its only value if you can call it that is to make you contacts aware of the question. I don't necessarily answer the questions just because my contacts have done so.
But I do check out their answers for interest sake.

Answer 3

No equivalent points, I don't think so. But if, for example, I star this question, all the people in my contact list will see this and if it interests them, they might answer your question, too. So basically, it gives your question more exposure to other users especially if some of my contacts are not from Egypt section. And you, as the user that asked this question, will know that it's liked by many depending on the number of stars you get.

Answer 4

I agree with most of the answers it is logical to do this if you find a question intersting & feel your friends/contacts will feel the same. I view lots more questions for this reason otherwise i may not get the chance to.

Answer 5

You star a question to get your contacts to notice it. When someone in your list stars a question, you can see it easily when you view your profile. Hence, the chances are the question that you like is going to get more replies from your friends.

Answer 6

If u star a best answer, they receive points...
I star some questions if I like them and want others to read them so people in my network will have the chance to read them

Edit:
Ok, if u thumb up (not star) a best answer they get points.. thanks Rana :)

Answer 7

I agree with ismaily when you think a question is interesting you star it so that you contacts would see it.

Answer 8

I would star a question if it has hit in my head a question I wanted to ask but didnt know I wanted to ask it - if you understand that.

Answer 9

i don't think of it that way, i star a question when i find it to be interesting, like saying, ah that's a good question

Answer 10

for two reasons:
I really liked this question.
I really got frustrated from this question & wanted my contact list to read it & know their opinions about it.