ARE POINTS THE POINT?

Active Rain is a teaching tool, isn't it? Isn't the point of the whole site to learn new things and to share some of the things that have happened to all of us. I didn't even read through the point system ~ still haven't.

Although I'm a newbie, I really don't feel that the point of Rain is to gather points ~ do the rest of you? I want to read stuff that teaches me new things - how to handle new situations - how to get new leads - how to turn leads to customers - how to handle whiny sellers...

I joined to make my real estate business better ~ why did you join ~ for the points?