AnswerBank Question

[mishmoneypen]

This is a popular place on the site so hoping someone can answer my question about answerbank as I cant see anything on the FAQ's section.  What is the purpose of ' Rate this Answer'  how do people get rates and what do they get rates for?

[johnny5]

people rate answers by clicking on rate this answer

if you are given a good answer that really helps you then it is polite to give stars as a way of thanks and acknoledgeing their time and effort

[brachiopod]

Good answer, succinctly put.

So why still Johnny-no-stars?

[mishmoneypen]

five stars for you ! thanks for that