Points - what are they?

 Good question, I wondered about this too.

And do points mean prizes? :-)

regards,

Lawrence.

 Oh, I see that you got 20 points for posting a question, and I got 5 points for the reply. I don't know if I would get any additional points for this reply though...

Lawrence.

Hi Lawrence,

What I don't understand is that sometimes a question get 5 points, at other times more points. The same goes for replies - finding a system seems impossible, but I suppose some kind of algorithm is behind it all.

I'm more curious as to what the points can be used for - or are they just a measure of the individual users activity, but again then 5 points for each question/reply would be sufficient to measure this?

 Also, it seems like I got 35 points for the question now, is that because it took a long time to get a reply (the one from you)?

Best regards,

Ole

 Hi Ole,

Hmmm, strange, I was sure I got only 5 points for both of my previous replies, but now when I look, the second reply seemed to gain 20 points!  I don't understand the algorithm or know the details yet.  

I would think that the point system is indeed a measure of someone's activity, and then presumably folks viewing threads etc. can get a feel for the person behind the posting.

Also, it may be a clever way to produce competitiveness to encourage people to post more; they either want to see their own score increase, or they see a friend or colleague and want to compete directly.

As to what other purpose the points serve, I don't know - perhaps they will be turned into a gift card at the end of each year? :-)

Now where can I spend my points?

 Regards,

Lawrence.