When you give someone points, do you lose your own points?

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

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

or when you like it does it do it automatically?

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

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

Every time I try to give someone a link to a profile, a question, or update, it doesn't work. I click on the link myself, and...

i've noticed i receive 1 point sometimes or a 2 and even once a 5. yet, when i like someone's answer i don't have the option ...

Any chance we could have people's DOB (minus the year) on their profile as a birthday reminder.

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

..... why don't they just give me 1 point instead, and save flirting all those extra Ss around in cyberspace? I mean, let's ...