What are points and levels for?

Question

Im new to this.

Answer 1

The points allow you to advance to higher levels, with level 7 being the highest.

Point Scale:

Begin participating on Yahoo! Answers- 100. Ask a question- minus 5. Choose a best answer for your question- 3. No Best Answer was selected by voters on your question- 5 points returned. Answer a question- 2. Deleting an answer- minus 2. Log in to Yahoo! Answers- 1 point daily. Vote for a best answer- 1. Vote for No best answer- 0. Have your answer selected as the best answer- 10. Receive a "thumbs-up" rating on a best answer that you wrote (up to 50 thumbs-up are counted).

As you move to higher levels you can ask, answer, vote and rate more frequently. You must be level 2 or higher to rate an answer (thumbs up/thumbs down).

You can see charts that explain the points and levels, how you can progress and what each level allows, here: http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_sy...