Shouldn't be that way. Points are straight up depending on how many you put. Not sure why it would have done that.
There is a post in Site News that had the initial point set up for those of you that have qualified with the guidelines:
Enhanced Functionality The side menu on mobile devices has been organized with dropdowns within the site sections:
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Please review, and if you have met any of these and we haven't rewarded yet (it is a manual process), then we will instantly award you the points accordingly. With any new system feature, it can be confusing, and we evolve as we go. As
@jaguarlax stated above, once the system is perfected, we can turn these points into tangible rewards. It was just a shame to see people saying "+1" and such for well versed posts that didn't seem to go anywhere. That can be accomplished in the reaction scores as a like. But with +1, we can accumulate and actualize these - then reward accordingly.