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Okay when I opened my yahoo answers page this morning, it said I was down 11 points.?

How do you loose points? I just have not seen that yet. Why did I loose points?

Update:

To who eveer it was that said "who cares or why do you care" or what ever, It's not that I care I just curious?

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  • Caviar
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    i know you lose them whenever you ask a question!

  • AER
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Hi Cowgirl Power~

    I'm comparatively new, but from what I've read here on YA, there are a number of ways you can lose points.

    -When you ask a question, it costs 5 points.

    -Did you delete an answer? That costs the 2 points you gained upon answering.

    -When questions asked by you are removed/reported by others, I believe you can also lose points.

    I am not sure if "thumbs down" ratings count negatively.. like "thumbs up" ratings can count in your favor. If they do, some could have come from thumbs down ratings on your answers to certain questions. I went searching for you & didn't find any thumbs down until about 8 questions ago.. on a question you answered about "roaches in cornbread". There were 3 thumbs down. Perhaps they were recently given, affected your score & you noticed it upon your most recent log in.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you lose five points for every question asked and two points for every answer removed, either by you, someone who reported it, or yahoo if its considered a violation. So the only way i can see you losing eleven points was if you asked a question and had 3 answers removed o.O

  • 1 decade ago

    Questions 'cost' 5 points. Violations will also cause you to loose points.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Havn't got a clue hon. Did you get reported or something by the few out there that can't take constructive critism? could be, but then i think you should have got an email if that were the case.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If u ask a question u lose points. (-5) If u delete a question u lose points. (-2?) If u don't visit Yahoo! Answers u lose points. (-???) That's it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    did u log out the previous time. if not some one has got your log in account when he logged on to answers.yahoo.com, then he may have asked the questions. does anybody know your password,if some one knows ask him that he had asked the questions. if the both are not right, someone has stolen your password.

  • 1 decade ago

    ask questions like this, you lose 5 points for each question asked

  • 1 decade ago

    http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system;_ylt=...

    there is alink to the point scale and how to gain and lose points

  • 1 decade ago

    coz it depends means that u deserve

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you bad boy !!!!! its because yahoo removed one of you questions or answers !!!!!!!!!!

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