> The mods get points for closing things, I guess. Often they don't understand the question, it seems FWIW, it's not moderators closing a question (I rarely se

> The mods get points for closing things, I guess. Often they don't understand the question, it seems FWIW, it's not moderators closing a question (I rarely see that). You "only" need 3000 points to vote to close a question. Users with a gold badge on a tag the question has can single-handendly close a question. Users get no incentive for closing questions. Also, those 3000 points also give you the possibility to vote for reopening a question. And there's a queue where users can see questions that are being voted on for reopening.