Jeffrey
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I think everyone else is wrong.
I believe that points are deducted for asking questions in order that users will take a balanced approach to this site. Meaning that a person should not just ask questions, but should try and provide some answers as well. Providing answers earns points that can be used to ask more questions.
That is my feeling. |
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Melius
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If you mean "why" instead of "what" it's my opinion that they want to discourage people from just asking lots of dumb questions only for the points. If it costs you to ask a question you'll put some thought into asking good questions and then participate in answering, rating and voting on others questions to recoup the lost points. |
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Smiles
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dont know...dont know......dont know.............. |
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pinkstealth
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to slow down all the stupid questions
to make you think twice before asking more stupid questions |
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really?
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well since you lost a few points asking, i'll answer.
oop, looks like the first answerer hit the nail on the head. |
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honesty*from*emily
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did you mean WHY do they deduct points for asking? but i would say because its yahoo ANSWERS not yahoo! QUESTIONS so you get points for giving ANSWERS and you lose points for asking QUESTIONS. |
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gsi
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To piss people off! |
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OiVey
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To encourage people to answer and to encourage people to look through the list of questions already asked before they ask their questions. |
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Grace
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its to prevent people from asking completely absurd questions, and to encourage people to answer more questions. |
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Raider Ken
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This has been asked time and time again. It’s designed to slow down the amount of people asking stupid questions. Do you think its working? I don't I just answered your question. |
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suede1690
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its just part of the rules and encourages you to answer more questions to make up the points you lose. |
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scooby doo
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why do they deduct points? Maybe because you are taking something away form the site when you ask questions and when you answer questions you are giving something back to the site |
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flaming_love_69
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They're bastards... cruel and selfish bastards. No it's just cuz they want you to earn more points so you ask more question so you rate more answers etc. etc. etc. |
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someguy
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its an incentive to make you want to get more points. or so u dont spam the site and mess up their servers |
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keyuanhere
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they deduct 5 points for every question you ask |
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gdizzle4rizzle
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cuz they are raving homosexuals. if nobody asked questions, we wouldnt need answers, so i dont know why they do. yahoo just sucks the big one |
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