deleting questions and 10 points?

If the asker doesn't select a best answer, it goes to a vote. If nobody votes, or if the vote is tied, it can just sit there for months until it's not a tie anymore.

For the -2 points, the question was probably deleted and your answer along with it, losing you 2 points.

I got a message where I received a best answer to a question that I answered a YEAR ago! When the asker doesn't choose a best answer, the best answer goes to a vote. If there's a tie, it can go on and on . . . until there is no longer a tie. In the case that I mentioned above, it took an entire year. I couldn't even remember the question when I received the best answer. <shrug> Meh . . .

As for the -2 taking so long to show up, Yahoo's servers can get bogged down with the millions of users on here. Sometimes it takes a while for things to update. Have you ever noticed that if you're online during the middle of the night it's MUCH faster? Same thing -- peak times are slower.

Some times a question can get tied up in a tie break so some one has voted and broken the tie.

It would be the remval of the question, so you loose the 2 points you got for you answer.

the -2 for the removed answer is probably a preliminary violation -- watch your email for the notice. The other 10 points will come off when / if you lose your appeal or your appeal time expires.

to the month ago answer one the question was probarbly in voiting which can go on for ages unless someone votes for your question. And the minus two points will be because the question you answered the person who asked the question will have deleted your answer idk why but thats why your 2 points got taken back

hope i helped

well, the first one, sounds like the person that asked the question extended the question, hoping for more answers, did it finally go to vote, or did the asker pick?

the 2nd one..the minus 2 pts, i don't know. maybe it takes a while for the points to go through the system.

i din't know we lost points for removing a question. i know we lost them for asking!

slow at giving points out thats all.

yeah cos you have to wait for someone to choose the best answer

just your typical example of a server being slow. Thats all

Someone's playing with your account.