Timeline for What is to be done with question posters who do not vote or accept?
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| Jul 30, 2015 at 12:55 | comment | added | babou | Some "textbook answers" are factually wrong. Actually, you should probably replace textbook by "common wisdom". Thare are things that textbooks are careful not to state too explicitly. But their emphasis on this or that make it an obvious truth for most readers. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 12:48 | comment | added | Raphael Mod | @babou Textbook answers are "safe"; everybody agrees that the have merit, assuming the books are right. Outside of consensus literature, "good" is highly subjective. You will point at one answer which, given your experience, you think is especially useful. Other people with different experiences may point at others. I don't see that as an issue. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 12:44 | comment | added | babou | " It's the experts' votes that count, isn't it? ". It is the vote that has meaning. But is it what shows up most. I have my own areas of expertise, and I can see that the votes go to textbook answers, not necessarily the best. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 12:43 | comment | added | Raphael Mod | @babou I think you want to try and squeeze the data explorer a bit (data.stackexchange.com). I don't know if you can query for individual votes there, but it may be worth a shot. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 12:41 | comment | added | babou | (1) Yes, the last seen entry (I know it is not too precise, but still). Point is I am also curious of how people use this system. (2) The example i have in mind is an active user.... Not really important, but just wondering. | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 12:12 | comment | added | Raphael Mod | @babou ad (1): how do you measure "show up"? The "last seen" entry in the profile? Fickle. ad (2): nothing we can do. Many users vanish once they got what they needed -- of course they do. See DW's answer; I'd not focus on drive-by voters as much. It's the experts' votes that count, isn't it? | |
| Jul 30, 2015 at 10:50 | comment | added | babou | Two points: (1) I can know whether the OP upvoted or not, if he did not show up while the answer was being upvoted by others. --- (2) What about a user who accepted a wrong answer, which was nevertheless deleted, but refuses to accept a correct one, and will not answer comments asking why. --- I get the feeling that not accepting good answers (which may or not be subjective) pollutes the systems as it will keep reviving the question for more answers that may be unneeded. CC @nbro | |
| Jul 15, 2015 at 15:35 | comment | added | Raphael Mod | @nbro I answer babou's implied question, "how do I avoid being disappointed by lack of feedback". I'm not saying that my proposal is optimal for the site as a whole. | |
| Jul 15, 2015 at 15:33 | comment | added | user20691 | To be honest, your last suggestion does not seem a good suggestion, in my opinion, because the answer could be useful for other people, and not just for the asker. Reputation matters, but I think that the point is to help and ask for help. | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 9:48 | history | answered | RaphaelMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |