text: To score points fast enough do this:\n\n1. Answer a lot of questions. Answering is very important. \n\n2. Ensure your answers are good. When people like your answers, they vote for you, and you get 10 points. \nSo give your best while answering.\n\n3. Ask questions. and do vote for them when people have answered for them. When you vote your questions, that makes people come back to your questions, and may be look at you positively. so when you have answered their questions, they might like yours. \n\n4. Rate and vote for others' questions.\n\n5. May be get addicted! :)\n\n\n\nthe points are a way to give you an identity here. Levels help as well .\n\nLevels are ways to keep track of how active you (and others) have been. The more points you accumulate, the higher your level. Yahoo! Answers recognizes your level achievements with our special brand of thank you's!\n\nThere's also a color associated with the levels. These colors will have more meaning as Yahoo! Answers rolls out new features in the coming weeks, and you'll see how "sharing what you know" and "discovering something new" can be fun and rewarding.\n\nLevel Yahoo Answers! Thanks You's Colors Points\n7 Be the first to find out! Black 25000+\n6 Be the first to find out! Brown 10000 - 24,999\n5 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the home page masthead. Purple 5,000 - 9,999\n4 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the community editorial page. (coming soon!) Green 2,500-4,999\n3 A super-special Yahoo! Answers thank you. Blue 1,000-2,499\n2 A special Yahoo! Answers thank you. Yellow 250-999\n1 Full access to Yahoo! Answers! White 0-249\n\nAnd finally, as you attain higher levels, you'll also be able to contribute more to Yahoo! Answers - you can ask, answer, vote and rate more frequently.\nLimits (per day) Level\nUnlimited Questions, Answers, Votes & Ratings 5, 6, 7\n40 each: Questions, Answers, Votes & Ratings 4\n30 each: Questions, Answers, Votes & Ratings 3\n20 each: Questions, Answers, Votes & Ratings 2\n10 each: Questions, Answers, Votes & Ratings 1