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Trust points do not entirely help you get hired to work for WikiAnswers, since actually getting paid to work for WikiAnswers is different from the amount of trust points you received online.
you don't?
Yes, after all, if you can't trust yourself, how can others trust you?
Many have.
There is no limit as to how many trust points a person can earn on WikiAnswers. Currently, the highest number of trust points held by a person on this site is well over 8,000.
Be warned - if you ask on WikiAnswers, how to hack into WikiAnswers - expect to get blocked from WikiAnswers. Nobody has figured out yet how to hack into WikiAnswers and unblock themselves. Nobody will.
No, they are separate entities. Wikipedia is run by the Wikipedia Trust and WikiAnswers is owned by Ask.com.
You can get trust points on WikiAnswers by making many helpful edits and doing your best to make WikiAnswers a great Q&A site. When people see an answer you posted on a question, they have the option to "Recommend" you. When they do this, you receive a trust point.To earn trust point you have to answer questions. If the asker thinks your answer is good they will give you a trust point. Not all askers give trust points though. Good luck and keep answering!
Currently, the WikiAnswers system of trust points hasn't changed - you can only add trust points, and you can only recommend from a question the user has answered by going to the contributors tab and clicking "recommend".
The Trust Point system allows contributors to vote for a WikiAnswers member whose contributions you think are worthwhile and legitimate, and clean. Please see the related links for more information on trust points.
You can't "level up" on WikiAnswers. You can acquire "Trust Points" when another user gives them to you.
There is no maximum amount of trust points one can have on WikiAnswers. At present, the highest amount so far is well over 8,000.(For a list of users with the most trust points, see the Related question)