In theory, asking questions can cause someone to recommend you through your profile, which gives you a trust point.
In general, though, trust points are awarded by other users based on the quality of your contributions to answers.
No user earns any trust points without another user recommending him or her. Just asking a question or contributing to the answer doesn't grant anybody a trust point.
Typically, asking for trust points can or is discouraged. Those who earn trust points are for the most part contributing wonderful things to Answers.com which can include, nice, well organized answers. There are MANY WAYS to earn trust points though.
There is. There are the trust points attributed to the last author of the answer (these trust points are hard to earn) There is also a popularity index attributed to questions WITH Answers. (see the recommend the question link)
You simply answer a lot of questions that you know the answer to, and be very nice. Then, if the answer helps the person, they will give you a trust point.
Simple, but not simple - answer a lot of questions accurately. Go to the "Unanswered Questions" section, and start with an area of personal expertise. Correct, helpful answers, even short ones, can earn you trust points.
Trust points can be earned by doing contributions for questions, or answers and many other things you can do to earn them! Once someone feels you deserve one, on their own discretion, they'll give you a trust point. It'll take some time to earn a lot, but eventually, you'll earn yourself up there!
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.
Answering a question will only earn you a contribution point. Trust points are earned when other people value your answers and vote them up. There is no difference currently between answering featured questions and any other question on the site.
People will give you trust points when they, well, trust you. You can earn the trust of people in the community by giving good answers to questions and helping to categorize questions. When people read one of your answers or see the hard work that you are putting into the site, they can either click the "Recommend contributor" link under your answer, or click the "Recommend" link on your Bio page.If you answer questions well, you will soon get Trust Points. The more popular the question, the more Trust Points you are likely to receive.NotePlease do not ask for Trust Points; not only might this deter a contributor from giving you any, but it is alsofrowned upon by the community.Give them cookies and/or brownies.
Trust Point "earn" other contributor's and readers' trust and respect for the quality answers you give.
You don't earn money but you can earn trust points. Trust points on Answers.com are earned when other users recommend you because they like your contributions. These are not tradeable in any way, but are merely an indicator of how highly-rated a contributor is.
you earn them when you recommend someone or they recommend you
It a way of spending the points,this is one benefit of points.Like we spend the money,on Yahoo Answers we earn points and spend it on asking questions.You can also ask more questions per day as you move up through the levels.