Not every answer is a phony answer. I do my best to give legitimate answers. If the answer seems phony, ask the question again.
Although Trust Points are intended to be for outstanding answers, you can award a contributor a Trust Point for asking a good question, or any other community activity.
To get answers
Because people are seeking answers to things they don't know. The whole point of asking questions here, is to gain solutions.
If there is an answer that doesn't need an answer then what is the point of asking the question in the first place?
to help the community
Asking a question is one contribution point. Each category it goes in is also one contribution point. 1 question (1 point) + 1 category (1 point) = 2 contribution points for asking a question and placing it into one category. Since the maximum number of categories a question can be placed into is 3, the maximum number of contribution points a user receives for asking any new question is 4 points: 1 question (1 point) + 3 categories (1 point for each category x 3 categories) = 4 contribution points for asking a question and correctly placing it into 3 categories.
if i knew this answer why would i be asking the question?!
you are asking an incomplete question my dear
Why are you even asking that?.... That question has no point
it is basically to help you answers all your unanswered question and to answer question of others
I am asking the question. So there is no point in asking me to answer the question if I do not know the answer.
There's no real point of asking - then answering your ownquestion ! If you already knew the answer - why post the question in the first place. The whole point of this (and any other forum) is that you seek answers from other people to the questions you need answering. If you already know the answer, you're just wasting your own valuable time !