Where does the money you get for points come from?

i got an email from paypal saying i got my payement, then another saying i got an echeque, i have no idea who else it could b...

How are some users so high on the leaderboard?

Im confused ith this whole money/point thing, i dont want to be spammed and thats what it seems like :l

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

When i repply to a question or status it doesn`t alert me when someone else replies , i`m not shure if i have any other kind ...

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

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

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 do you get pics in the background of your profile???

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"...