What do the points go for?

Points have no monetary value and there are no prizes, no cigars no nada, it's really just the satisfaction of helping others, no strings attached., or possibly bragging rights (big deal).There are seven levels, more points give you more participation rights so it can also be an ego thing and keep us interested..

To move up answer lots of questions, the maximum you can do every day trying for best answer which gives you ten points, and avoid asking questions that costs you five points. When you ask a question be sure to return and pick a best answer to get 3 points back. Be sure to vote for undecided questions, you get a point for that. An easy way to check the complete setup and privileges: Click "about" above the green bar above scroll down click "points and levels" or click the link below and you will see the complete setup.

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

More info.

http://answers.yahoo.com/info/product_tour;_ylt=Ao...

Points allow you to ask questions, each question you ask costs 5 points, as you advance through each level, the number of questions you can ask & answer per day increases, thus giving you additional participation rights within the Yahoo! Answers Community. As a Level 1 Contributer, you may ask 5 & answer 20 questions per day, level 2, you may ask 10 & answer 40, level 3 contributers may ask 15 & answer 60, Lvel 4 & higher may ask 20 & answer 80 questions per day in addition to increased maximums for comments, stars & votes

Yahoo! Answers points have no momentary value

Points are for advancing in levels _