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Fri | December 29, 2006
A Wonderful Thing Happened on Yahoo Answers
I was twenty points away from Level 4 and I posted a question in Polls and Surveys asking if I could get some thumbs ups on my Best Answers (you get one point for every thumbs up). It costs five points for asking a question so I was actually 25 points away then. But it totally worked! I spent five points and got 18 in return. Meanwhile I answered four more questions (8 points) and wound up one point into Level 4 territory.
I wasn't sure it would work because there's nothing in it for you pointwise for giving a thumbs up. But I got eleven responses from people who said they would and in just a few minutes I was done. It would have taken about twice as long to find ten questions to answer. I know because I kept answering questions in the meantime and by the time I had done four I was at 2,501. And finally I stopped, because the whole time I had been just telling myself when I got to level 4 I would stop. And I was stuck, addicted, to the site, unable to disconnect, because I was close to this next level. Finally I was twenty points away and so burnt out, didn't want to find more questions to answer, didn't want to do it any more, but knew I wouldn't stop until I had sooner or later gotten those last few points. And I thought, I wonder if I could get these people on this site who are just killing time, to help me out. It was fun just to see the little java image telling me I was getting points. And so reassuring to not have to do it alone, because I do too much alone, and have trouble especially at the ends of things.
Though I will not get credit for it, will never be remembered as the one who officially thought of this, who was the first one to post that question, I am sure that people will ask for thumbs to push them into the next level, the next time they see themselves on the cusp. As long as no one else takes credit for it, I won't be unhappy.
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