could someone please tell me what the purpose is for getting points ?

I mean why are the points we get if someone likes our answer different?

Maybe we could get a limited amount of points. For example, 1 point per like, with a max of 3 points.

Everyone keeps mentioning they will give someone 5 points if they get there answer right, how do you do that?

what do i need to do to get more points,because i have made 2 questions and i didnt get any point, if anybody knows how this ...

How are some users so high on the leaderboard?

Since making questions dont add me more points what i have to do now. tell me please thank you.

Is it an answer to a question, or something like an article? Can someone just explain how I would go about writing a "how to"...

Whenever I receive an alert saying that someone has given me x amount of points, the number of points is usually different, w...

Does it depend on the subject or does everyone get the same amount of points for every How To they do?

because I noticed on a couple things on mine people had taken points away?