>>I agree totally about the begging. As someone who uses UT primarily to get answers, and occasionally to give them when I can, I find the points system useful when trying to locate a solution, but it started turning into a 1st grade "gold star" kind of thing. Plus, like the direction some of our educational institutions are heading, it seems that it was losing some of it's value as they were given out for such things as being quick and handy with the search engine or because it was asked for.
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>Did you that because you are about to slip out of the top 10 in the list of points?
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LOL!

I didn't even realize I was in the running again...

Anyway, there is a major problem with the points system that I'm surprised nobody has mentioned before. It starts with a question: In what way was Renoir's point standing calculated so that he ends up in the company of such wise and prolific problem solvers as Sergey, Vlad, Cetin and George? It's not by answering the most posts with a correct solution that's for sure. Unless I am very much mistaken and wiser than even I give myself credit for, it's a flaw in the system and how stars are allocated. If I am right, it should bring much disfavor from those more deserving...

Renoir