Yahoo! Answers is an online community where users can ask and answers questions on virtually any topic. After a question has been asked, users have seven days to post their best answer. At the end of the seven-day period the asker can choose the best answer personally or choose based on a community vote. Yahoo! Answers has been online since December of 2005 and is now available in 25 different countries.Official Site: What is Yahoo! Answers
How It Works
With over 1,000 categories, the questions on Yahoo! Answers are organized by topics. After a user submits a question, answers are posted over a 7-day period during which time users vote on the best answer. At the end of the 7 days the question is marked resolved after the asker of the question chooses the best answer based off the votes.: Yahoo! Answers: Yahoo! Answers Help
Points and Levels
Yahoo! Answers operates on a system of points and levels designed to encourage user participation. Points are distributed based on actions taken such as answering questions and voting on the best answers, and determine a user's level, 7 being the highest. Users with 5,000 points or more are granted unlimited access for answering user questions.Yahoo! Answers: [1]
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