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What is the point of the points anyways? will i get a prize or something?

What do points do? What's the benefit to getting more points?

And what do you get with these wonderful little points anyway?

What are the points for?

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by Answerbag Staff on Nov 7, 2006 at 11:12 am Permalink

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Here at Answerbag, our members tell us what content they like by awarding Points to the best questions and answers. These points help us (and you!) determine which questions and answers are the most helpful, most interesting, or most appreciated.

Members earn points too!

Not only do questions and answers earn points, but members earn points! When you rate someone's question or answer positively, that item earns points, and the person who submitted that item also earns points. And, the higher your level is, the more points they earn. Earn points quickly by getting good votes from senior members.

Note: Positive votes give points to other members, but negative votes do not deduct points from other members – they only help us rank questions and answers. That keeps everything friendly!

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Patti jo Jan, 13 2007 at 09:55 PM

Alrighty then,that's a good thing - I didn't know how it worked

guessme Mar, 08 2007 at 03:28 AM

I'm a beginner, so how do i rate someone's answer to my question?

Patti jo Mar, 08 2007 at 03:19 PM

Beside where you read their answer is a rate box that says good or not good click on one of those --

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by lightfly on Nov 18, 2006 at 8:47 pm Permalink

It seems to me that it goes like this:
1-2 beginner
3-4 novice
5-9 contributor
10-14 whiz
15-19 authority
20-29 expert
30-39 professor
40+ brain. I don't know anyone higher than that.

Obviously, the higher the better. The higher number you get, the higher your level will go.

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LauGhOutLouDx3 Mar, 06 2007 at 11:45 AM

you shood edit ur answer up to 60 :)

Kris Kringle is still on AB Sep, 20 2007 at 05:04 PM

You mean 78.

johnnyqwest Sep, 24 2008 at 12:06 AM

you mean 90

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by Universe Of Life on Jan 9, 2007 at 1:48 am Permalink

Its a government conspiracy to see how really bored we all are. Maybe a little monkey suit and a trip to the moon.

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by ChillWinterheart on Jan 9, 2007 at 1:50 am Permalink

The points propel you up the "levels" of this board. And there's a good side effect of being a high level AB member: the points you give to or take from other people weigh more and more as you "level up". The -6 points given to you by six stupid trolls could be effectively erased by a high-ranking AB member once he clicks the "helpful" button to your favor.

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astarte59 Apr, 30 2007 at 01:04 PM

OK, I still don't get this exactly. When I see a question or answer, I'm seeing the total number of points it's already gotten from other members, right? So I can add more points to that total or I can deduct points from that total? I understand that points are worth more the higher you are on the expertise chain, but what's a typical amount of points someone might give for an answer they find helpful? 5? 25? 100? The same for rating a question. If I'm a beginner (which I am), and I think a question or answer is good, how many points, say, equals an "A" (really excellent answer); how many equals a "B" (good answer), etc.?

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by EL1 2 on Dec 22, 2006 at 9:59 pm Permalink

First to a million points gets a million dollars.

(No, not really)

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EL1 2 Dec, 22 2006 at 10:07 PM

The more points you have, the more points you can give.

Holiday Aug, 31 2007 at 07:04 PM

TY...

Scott D - ex-QnA Sep, 12 2008 at 08:26 AM

I had high hopes of that happening on QnA Live. I gave up after a half million points and no check from Microsoft. ;-)

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by tomsims on Nov 1, 2007 at 11:08 am Permalink

Markers along a continuum.

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by TheAnswerer on Feb 14, 2007 at 6:52 pm Permalink

An award from a AB user, for giving a good answer.
The points total up and level you up.

I'm not here mainly to get points but to help people out. The points thing is just disaster when it comes to popularity, cliques, and so on. If you want, you can commit bagacide like Stableboy did and ask Joel to delete all your points once in a while.

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000 Mar, 12 2009 at 04:09 PM

BAGACIDE LOL thanks for the smile.

Answer 8 out of 31

by Simply msFortunate on Jan 9, 2007 at 12:50 pm Permalink

A gratifying sense of well-being and satisfaction. Those are the best prizes life can offer! :-)

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Answer 9 out of 31

by Anonymous on Feb 14, 2007 at 6:55 pm Permalink

Their to keep you coming back to AB. and to improve your answers and questions.

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Alan Feb, 14 2007 at 06:56 PM

Good answer and true. They make you want to get more and more to level up.

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by Subject Matter Expert on Feb 14, 2007 at 6:52 pm Permalink

To get to a higher level to say if you think there question or opinion was good or bad

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