Out of curiosity, why do people care about the points?

I just can’t bring myself to type the “L” word as I really don’t like made up words. Bah humbug, I know.

I’m just genuinely curious why people care about the points? I honestly don’t, and I just stick around here because I occasionally really enjoy the discussion. I know there is one person on here who keeps deleting his account and recreating it to avoid getting a certain number of points, but that, in it’s way is caring about the points.