Best answer modification.

[ThisIsTomP]

Hello...
Since this forum has the same threads, and the same answers, why can't moderators for said forum choose a best answer to put at the top of the thread, so the same advice won't be given over and over?

Thoughts?

[The Batman]

We do have that in most forum announcements and sticky threads yet people still do it. New members aren't going to read every thread and post they are going to make a thread, get their answer and leave, so no matter what we do it's always going to be the same threads and the same answers.

[ShatteredWings]

Um... you mean like yahoo answers?

[Commander Thor]

Um... you mean like yahoo answers?

That's what it sounds like to me.

And that throws the whole idea of a 'thread' off. The purpose of a thread is to have replies to a certain topic in sequential order. You start messing with the order of the posts in a thread, and you basically confuse the hell out of anyone trying to read the thread. As the timestamps are all out of order.


Now, if we had a sort of post rating system. Where we could rate individual posts, so you could look at the ratings for each post and decide if it's good advice or not.

[ThisIsTomP]

Yes, something like Yahoo answers- but I do like the idea of keeping it in sequential order. But I do get tired of seeing the same answers 20 times.

[Cloud]

Yes, something like Yahoo answers- but I do like the idea of keeping it in sequential order. But I do get tired of seeing the same answers 20 times.

well dont look then. generally if a thread has more than 5 posts in p101 its pretty much answered

[Sage]

Problem: The 'best answer' isn't always the best answer.

[Suicune]

Problem: The 'best answer' isn't always the best answer.

So very true.

[Rutherford The Brave]

Yes, something like Yahoo answers- but I do like the idea of keeping it in sequential order. But I do get tired of seeing the same answers 20 times.

Try seeing it thousands of times. It's something we all deal with, if we wanted it to be like yahoo answers, we'd go to yahoo. People come to this site for peer advice, not a simulated answer that is "drafted" they want to know what people know and how they differ from others.