What do the points and levels mean on here? What are they for?

No prizes, just the satifaction of getting points

you loose 5 points evry qustion asked and gain 2 for evryone u answer

For geeks like us who have no other life......go rollerblading now or you will be trapped in the dweebzone.

Here it is , points are for answear questions or being voted the best answear.They don't get you anything andd levels are after you have got a much of points to go to the next level.

Fun. Also right now if you click on ask the planet you can find out the day's topic to get into drawings for prizes. It is on the first page. Read the rules for more info.

The points are mostly just an incentive for people to start answering questions, and also to vote on other answers, and finally, to rate other people's answers. As you increase your points and levels you are able to perform more of the standard activity - ask, answer, rate, vote and comment. Other than that, the points don't do anything. You do get some extra 'attention' at higher levels, but that may or may not be a good thing. There are no secret special prizes, at least none that any of us at Level 7 have heard of. Mostly, just enjoy the site, ask and answer questions. If you like, keep track of your points as you move up in levels. After awhile, you'll be more interested in responding to people's questions with quality answers. Here's the link where you can see what the different levels are and how to earn points. http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system Welcome to the site!

The points make to you more answers,questions,voting and rating questions and answers, depends on level you have, go to this link from Yahoo Answers to know all about limits and systems in this site: http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system Level 1 from 1 - 249 points You need 250 - 999 points to get to level 2 You need 1,000 - 2,499 points to get to level 3 You need 2,500 - 4,999 points to get to level 4 You need 5,000 - 9,999 points to get to level 5 You need 10,000 - 24,999 points to get to level 6 You need 25000+ points to get to level 7 ============= At level 1 You can ask 5 questions and answer 20 question and vote, rate 20. At level 2 You can ask 10 questions and answer 40 question and vote, rate 40. At level 3 You can ask 15 questions and answer 60 question and vote, rate 60. At level 4 You can ask 20 questions and answer 80 question and vote, rate 80. At level 5,6,7 You can ask and answer unlimited of questions and vote, rate 100. ----------------------- Points Table: - Answer a question give you 2 points - Ask a question reduce from you 5 points - If you answer picked as best answer get 10 points - Choose an best answer from your question get 3 points. - Rate answer 1 point - Vote answer 1 point - If your answer in violation reduce from you 2 points - Deleting an answer Reduce 2 points - Receive a "thumbs-up" rating on a best answer that you wrote 1 point. ============ You're Welcom.