How, mathematically, is it possible for Richard to be the leader in Yahoo Answers?

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When Y! answers started you did get points for giving a thumbs up or thumbs down, and you got many pounts for getting thumbs up. Once I got about 100 thumbs up (and 100 extra points) for a single best answer. Now I think they limit the number of thumbs up that give you points to 20 or so. And because he is the points leader many see his answers and give him thumbs up....Show more

For starters, your last question should be:

Where did the other 120,000 points come from?

Not

Where did the other 212,000 points come from?

Because 220,000 - 100,000 = 120,000

So that correction alone explains 92,000 points....Show more

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Perhaps he got 212,000 thumbs up?

I have no idea, really... I have wondered the same thing about some of the leaders....Show more

He needs to get a job. He obviously has too much time on his hands...

I'm impressed, though. This is how the system works. I think the 50% on the correct answers must've been hacked into somehow. Nobody gets that many "Best's"....Show more