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How come I don't get the 10 points for a best answer?

I just received 5 points for a best answer. There was no thumbs down, why not 10. Over the past few days when I log in to answers it pops up and says whoa you've earned 3 points or 2 points etc. but I don't know why? I know you automatically get 1 for visiting each day.

Update:

Can anyone explain what Lily & Stu meant. Can that happen if you vote for your own answer or he/she being sarcastic.

Update 2:

So. If I vote as 'best answer' to an answer that I have given, do I not get 10 points. The actual question that I got the 5 points for was picked by the asker within 22 hours of it being asked.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Could you please check your recent activity via your profile which will inform you of the point distribution.

    It is most likely that you asked a question and the best answer was awarded at the same time, hence only being awarded five points.

    If you feel a glitch occurs please post a bug error in the suggestions forum

    http://suggestions.yahoo.com/?prop=answers

    Alternativly please email yahoo staff at

    y_answrs_team@yahoo.com

    All the best

    Chεεrs

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You should get the 10 points automatically. Depending on when you log in it may not actually say 'Whoa, you got 10 points!' but they should still be there. If you want to do a careful analysis of it, you could answer some questions, record your points, log out and then only log back in after you have some best answers and do the math to see precisely how many points you got for each best answer.

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    I think you should have your first kiss by eighteen because school is more important than a boyfriend or girlfriend and you are too old at the age of 29 to say you just had your fist kiss! that's a little too old!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Cannot explain the apparent points aberration, but you can vote for your own answer as a 'best answer' while you cannot give it a thumbs up or down. Weird or what!

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  • 1 decade ago

    I know you get 3 points for choosing best answer to your question, and I for daily visit, i thought you got best answer 10 points but then I don't get many lol

  • 1 decade ago

    What Cheers said. Sometimes things happen simultaneoulsy.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it said earlier when i answered a question Well done, you have recieved 13 points,

    i mite of got 10 for best answer cuz sum1 put me as it wen i was offline and two for answering question

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Exactly what cheers said.

    same thing happened to me the other day.

  • 1 decade ago

    Are you sure you weren't CHOOSING a best answer to a question you provided an answer for?

  • 1 decade ago

    Duhh! Homer, maybe you just aint smart enuff!

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