You get the pride that someone else thought your answers were great.
Trust Points won't earn you prizes or cash, just the notion that a fellow contributor thought you give great answers.
Trust Points enable you to vote for a WikiAnswers member whose contributions you think are worthwhile and legitimate.
It is important to note that Trust Points are not a good measurement of how much you can trust the answer to a question. They are simply an indication of how trusted the last contributor is as a member of the WikiAnswers community.
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How do you use Trust Points?Trust points can be given by clicking on recommend contributor next to the contributor's username, which can be found either on the contributor's contributions page or on any Q&A page where that contributor was the last to answer.
Trust Points give you a sense of achievement. You know that someone thinks what you do is great.
2,000+ Trust Points on WikiAnswersThe following 45 WikiAnswers contributors have all earned more than 2,000 trust points (figures correct as of July 18, 2012):8,981 trust points - User:Marcy5,653 trust points - User:USCitizen5,643 trust points - User:RoyR5,189 trust points - User:Macky5,011 trust points - User:Clay5,009 trust points - User:Aggie804,893 trust points - User:Ranger224,893 trust points - User:Dlmick4,646 trust points - User:Joncey4,622 trust points - User:Crystal4,474 trust points - User:Keats4,181 trust points - User:Chris3,978 trust points - User:Ksmail3,880 trust points - User:Neila2223,781 trust points - User:Viper1usmc3,730 trust points - User:Quirkyquantummechanic3,560 trust points - User:Redbeard3,428 trust points - User:Grevillea3,315 trust points - User:HisPowr4U3,147 trust points - User:Deb3,136 trust points - User:Jadeacres3,103 trust points - User:elosery3,065 trust points - User:Delltechie2,997 trust points - User:Brave32,967 trust points - User:JEK2,874 trust points - User:Ganderton2,850 trust points - User:On_the_Wallaby2,831 trust points - User:Englishangel2,779 trust points - User:Katz22,625 trust points - User:Sdresh2,622 trust points - User:Schnazola2,614 trust points - User:Dfoofnik2,587 trust points - User:Myrab512,561 trust points - User:Emdrgreg2,557 trust points - User:Simplemary2,516 trust points - User:Blue2,514 trust points - User:JayKay2,487 trust points - User:Natural_Val2,427 trust points - User:TrishaR2,306 trust points - User:Robbb2,285 trust points - User:An8thg2,138 trust points - User:Tina2,083 trust points - User:Squirrel_Man2,046 trust points - User:Hooweestik2,038 trust points - User:BaldfatguyNOTE: THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUST POINTS BEING GIVEN. THIS ANSWER WILL BE UPDATED ONCE IT'S FIXED.~ Top 100 All-time Contributors ~Click on the Related Link, further down this page,to see the list of the Top 100.
3,000+ Trust Points on WikiAnswersThe following 23 WikiAnswers contributors have all earned more than 3,000 trust points (figures correct as of July 18, 2012):8,981 trust points - User:Marcy5,653 trust points - User:USCitizen5,643 trust points - User:RoyR5,189 trust points - User:Macky5,011 trust points - User:Clay5,009 trust points - User:Aggie804,893 trust points - User:Ranger224,893 trust points - User:Dlmick4,646 trust points - User:Joncey4,622 trust points - User:Crystal4,474 trust points - User:Keats4,181 trust points - User:Chris3,978 trust points - User:Ksmail3,880 trust points - User:Neila2223,781 trust points - User:Viper1usmc3,730 trust points - User:Quirkyquantummechanic3,560 trust points - User:Redbeard3,428 trust points - User:Grevillea3,315 trust points - User:HisPowr4U3,147 trust points - User:Deb3,136 trust points - User:Jadeacres3,103 trust points - User:elosery3,065 trust points - User:DelltechieNOTE: THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUST POINTS BEING GIVEN. THIS ANSWER WILL BE UPDATED ONCE IT'S FIXED.~ Top 100 All-time Contributors ~Click on the Related Link, further down this page,to see the list of the Top 100.
If you are talking about wiki answers points (also known as trust points), you get them by recommendations from members.
They are a physical representation of how trust worthy your answers are. Or how accurate your information is. The right answer will sometimes reward you with a trust point.
At this point, you can only add Trust Points, not deduct them. So, you can not lost Trust Points.
The first trust points badge that can be added to your profile page is for 500 trust points.
Yes, you can. There are some who have thousands of trust points.
No. Trust points are an indication of how trustworthy the contributions of the contributors of the website are. Higher the trust points, the more trustworthy the contributor is.
No, but there is an award for most trust points.
Trust points are awarded for detailed, factual, worthwhile, legitimate answers. If you answer questions in this way, you are likely to get lots of trust points.
No, because "trust points" on this site have different meaning then "trust points" in real life.
if they have a lot of trust points then trust them.