>Whats wrong with this?

People with more points could be seen to be better programmers - which is not the case.

>They answer more questions, and get more points.
>The better pointer get a free 3 month PUTM.
>With a free PUTM, they are happy to stick around.
>They stick around and get more points...

So your saying the points system is merely there to give people free membership? Not to rate them on their expertise?

>The result was that the community get a better
>response time to the questions they ask :-)

People should answer questions because they want to be helpful, not to obtain points in what could be seen as a ranking system!

>Whats wrong with this?

See above

Kev