Forgive a poor hick from the sticks...of what benefit are points? People seem awfully excited about earning them. Are they like S&H green stamps? See, I thought that the value here is being able to communicate with like-minded people. Doing something only for personal benefit.....we have a president like that. Don't be like Dumpster.

YES

In my robot voice: "Must get more points" ... "I'm not good enough" ... "Ego is faltering" ... a classic method of creating involvement in something. What are we being motivated to do? Become a "God" on the site? LOL! If one has something to share then just post and forget the points.

I don't get the points thing. It seems just silly.

Speaking of irony, I'm a retired college professor and hate to admit not knowing something, but quite frankly I simply don't know the purpose behind the points anyway. Does if get one more exposure? Or is there some other reward? I always enjoyed students who wanted to excel and perhaps this is simply a way to do that?

Oh, the "point nazi" arrived.

Don't go to the "Music, Movies, & Books" category. Some people repeatedly post links to songs/music videos

Who cares why someone posts? Take the best, leave the rest.

Mabey they were watching multiple utube videos (not unheard of) that inspired them and they wanted to share because they thought others might enjoy them. Some communicate here in long philosophical thoughts. Some post memes. Just like any other social platform I usually skim past things that are not interesting to me or things I have already seen posts about and let live. I usually don't watch Utube videos or click through to read articles unless the person posting it has given an explanation about it that peaks my interest.

I post a lot of YT 'links', & others from Science sites I belong to. I have 2 groups, one is for science & related info & the other is Late Night bits & interesting news. You can decide if they have substance to you, but I vet everything before I post it & hope others on this site find interest in what I post, even if it's just memes! So, I don't know if I'm one of the ones you're referring to, but it surely isn't for points. That is a side effect, not a goal.

Agreed, don't see the point ... oops, coulda just hit like... I'll do that too.

Meh, once you get halfway through level 7 the points lose their luster.

Yeeeah... Wonder who you could be referring to? ? This isn't friggin' MTV.

If that's their motivation, I figure they'll burn out their fuse soon enough.

I enjoy the fluff posts, personally.

I put up my hand for this one ! Yeah, Double points !