Solved Testing the question format
- Thread starter Rob
- Start date
Solved issue
I don't get the question?
Leave it for now on this section only, as a test to see how everyone finds it?
mrcrossroads
Well-Known Member
OP
Yeah, we'll see. I'm assuming the thread title will change to 'solved' or something once a best answer is picked. We shall see! lol
It kind of reminds me of Reddit style topics.
MattWinter
Active Member
Ohhh...I see. These arrows are new. Hmmm
OP
ok, just edited this thread to pick @wizardfromoz as the one to answer the question correctly:
Kinda cool, it brings the 'solution' reply right to the top.
The word 'solved' was already in the thread title, so it doesn't look like it adds that, however, it did add a little green checkmark on the forum view page where all of the titles are.
Kinda cool, it brings the 'solution' reply right to the top.
The word 'solved' was already in the thread title, so it doesn't look like it adds that, however, it did add a little green checkmark on the forum view page where all of the titles are.
Things are seldom good when the head admin starts mucking about and spending too much time on the site.
I'm kidding...
Well, I'm partially kidding...
I've actually pondered this before - but only the 'solution' button aspect. I don't think we need the upvotes and downvotes like Reddit, but I do like a 'solution' button choice. Though it turns out to often be 'accepted solution' when more are available, at sites like Stack Exchange.
I'd also not want it to turn into a popularity contest.
I'd also like to not have it evolve into people rushing to answer questions with a shotgun approach instead of people providing their current thought-out post responses.
I'm kidding...
Well, I'm partially kidding...
I've actually pondered this before - but only the 'solution' button aspect. I don't think we need the upvotes and downvotes like Reddit, but I do like a 'solution' button choice. Though it turns out to often be 'accepted solution' when more are available, at sites like Stack Exchange.
I'd also not want it to turn into a popularity contest.
I'd also like to not have it evolve into people rushing to answer questions with a shotgun approach instead of people providing their current thought-out post responses.
Anawilliam850
Member
I think it's a great idea to give the users/OP the ability to choose the best answers and mark the question as resolved. This will help to improve the overall organization and clarity of the conversation.
OP
Then they'd just pop up in the other sections more often
It's often not only the solution that is significant but also posts that made suggestions which lead to the solution. Posts that exhibit ways of thinking and approaching problems even though they may not have produced the overt answer to a problem have value, and potentially have more significance in the long run because they may provide a strategy or methodology in approach to other problems and concerns. The idea of trumpeting a solution alone, although initially of great assistance to a user, isn't necessarily the most useful approach for learning in the long run. Reading through a whole thread, however meandering, can be far more informative, though it can be more tiresome and frustrating too.
OP
Yep, i agree. THere will be some that have a definite, quick answer and then others that gradually get to the answer through members talking about it throughout the thread. So, i'm glad we can sort them by date and/or rating.
OP
I think that's because you're a mod
Same system as that used by StackExchange, I believe. AskUbuntu, ServerFault, StackOverflow, Unix & Linux, etc.....all use the upvote/downvote system, and have pretty much as far back as I can remember. Strangely, it doesn't seem to get used that much over there, even so.....all the more surprising, given how many different approaches are taken in an average thread to answer the OP's question.
With a format like that employed by the StackExchange network of communities, the upvote/downvote system is almost a necessity.
Mike.
With a format like that employed by the StackExchange network of communities, the upvote/downvote system is almost a necessity.
Mike.
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