How did i get the points?

Question

ok i went from 25 points in my control panel to 195..ummm how? sure i posted suggestions but for the life of me, i dont' know which answer i gave was complete and utter s**t or made the person think to give me points LOL
is there a way where I can see which questions i replied to to see what was helpful or whatever?

Answer 1

DM wrote:
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But now due to the advances of modern technology people will queue up to do your homework or your certification and interview questions and all you have to do is increment a counter on a web site and they feel happy about it.>
i don't quite understand that statement? I am neither a student nor a consultant and i use this forum when I am not busy at work, it helps me look at problems and try to solve them.
what is this counter on a web site you are referring too??Be pleased to point out do not believe pointlessly pointing at you but rather pointlessly pointing at other pointless people pointedly using forum for other pointedly thrilled pointless people to pointlessly accumulate points.
Of course real question is, given the nature of the question, I observe you have not awarded any 5 points for helpful answers to this thread, or 10 points to a correct answer, and I am wondering if yu know how to do this. The reward points are mentined in the FAQ links.
As the original poster you have the opportunity to distribute 25 helpful points by the HELPFUL buttons, and 10 points via the CORRECT button (and the subtle irony is, given the question subject, you have so far not this despite marking question as answered ;-) )
Of course I am just having a little fun here ... though my joke does not transfer well to the written word and my humour.
These have been (flaming) debates on the pointlessness of the points system .... I think I'm marginally in favour of the metric but not strongly so (and I think any sophisticated changes to it would be not worth the candle). From my point of view it can be a (very) imperfect indicator of the credence of a poster (but should never be used alone); it can be a quick way of saying thankyou to some answers providing they are not materially misleading; and I can keep an eye on my points/post ratio as a review to check if I am answering questions effectively if it decreases over a period. However I do get rewards for rubbish (and even incorrect answers) while IMHO some great answers go unmarked.
Remember if you have 6 posts in a thread some people could even give you 5 points for that thread, and sometimes threads can be reviewed days later, causing a big increase.