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.
There are some few easy ways to get trust points. One way is to answer questions with good-quality answers. Another way is to give another user a trust point, then they may give you one. Another way is to join a program and do very well in them. Those are some of the easiest ways to get trust points.
Trust points on Answers.com are not connected to money. This is just a way to show people's appreciation to good answerers.
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.
There is no way to get 5 trust points for every answer or edit. You just have to contribute very well, and hope someone recognizes you. You also want to contribute a lot so your credit shows up for virtually every answer, which is also another way to get a lot of trust points (just make sure they are good contributions).
If you answer lots and lots of questions really well - with good content, good spelling, punctuation and grammar, etc. - the odds are high that other users will start noticing your contributions and the trust points will start to roll in.
No there is not.
Anyone can edit answers on WikiAnswers. One way to check how legit a question is is by the number of trust points a person has. Below, you will see the contributors name and how many trust points they have.
Write some good answers and have patience. Eventually, your trust points will go way up. Good luck. The quality of the answers, as well as the grammar and spelling create an impression as well.
The best way - is by providing good-quality, accurate and informative answers. HOWEVER - it should be noted that trust points are in no way an indication of the accuracy of an answer. Anyone can award a trust point for any reason, therefore - they can be 'passed around' like currency between school-friends (which detracts from their meaning !)
Getting Trust PointsYou get trust points by answering questions with good and constructive answers. If the person who asked the question - or anybody who reads the question - feels that your answer was good and useful to them, they click the "Recommend contributor" button just below the answer. The best way to get trust points is by answering a lot of questions. This brings "wiki-publicity" to your username, which gets you a higher chance of being recommended (they must be good answers, otherwise recommendations won't happen!).
As of now, there is no way to see who gave you the trust points. So, unless the person who gave you the trust point left a message to this effect on your message board, there is no way of knowing.
The amount of trust points is how many users have reccommended you. The quickest way to gain trust points is by answering many questions. This way, your name is on every question, and they can easily click the 'reccommend this contributor' button.