Timeline for Are unanswered questions a problem yet?
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| Jan 18, 2021 at 12:13 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 3, 2020 at 13:30 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 28, 2013 at 17:19 | comment | added | ben is uǝq backwards | I meant not-deleted yes @Cole... | |
| Jul 28, 2013 at 17:16 | comment | added | Cole Tobin | Undeleted? Did you mean nondeleted? | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 21:22 | comment | added | user200500 | @benisuǝqbackwards Oh, I might have misunderstood then. Do 87.4 and 74.3 percentages apply to the same batch of questions? | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 21:10 | comment | added | ben is uǝq backwards | Why @asad? That sentence was discussing a static, past, period of time. There can't have been any new questions during that period, though they could have been answered by new answerers. | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 20:46 | comment | added | user200500 | "which implies that as time goes by the Stack Overflow community is doing something about the older (un?)answered question" Actually, this is probably due to the increased inflow of new questions, together with the greater number of people answering them. This decreases the proportion of unanswered questions, without actually making a dent in the quantity. | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 10:10 | history | edited | ben is uǝq backwards | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 14, 2012 at 18:36 | comment | added | ben is uǝq backwards | @0A0D, it's in the second paragraph... (and all the queries!) I count accepted answers but to be honest it doesn't make much difference. Look at my percentages compared to the OPs. | |
| Aug 14, 2012 at 18:17 | comment | added | Engineer2021 | The other problem is the criteria for a 'good' answer. I didn't see it in your answer, but an accepted answer with no upvotes can be just as good as an accepted answer with one upvote. Or even a question with answers and no upvotes at all. The fact that questions are getting answered at all is important. I'd be more interested in questions that have lingered with no answers for days. | |
| Aug 11, 2012 at 19:59 | comment | added | Brad Mace | @Josh That had occurred to me too. Possibly if an answer is accepted with score 0, this indicates that it's Too Localized and isn't useful to anyone else. It's a pretty hard thing to verify though. | |
| Aug 11, 2012 at 19:02 | comment | added | Zelda |
What seems to be needed is an increase in the number of people who answer questions. I'm not sure I can agree with that; I think the overwhelming factor is more important than the number of people. Too many duplicates are being asked. I think a better site search/suggestions could help the problem more than more people looking at an already daunting stream of questions
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| Aug 11, 2012 at 18:55 | comment | added | jscs | I strongly disagree with your statement that the measure of a good answer is acceptance by the OP. The only thing the check mark indicates is "fixed my problem", and sometimes, it doesn't even indicate that. Looking at other viewer's opinions as expressed through up/down-votes (while granting that they too can be misused) is a much better way to find quality answers. Indeed, that's one of the fundamentals of the site's functionality -- crowd vetting of answers. | |
| Aug 11, 2012 at 18:44 | comment | added | Brad Mace | Nice work fixing my science. Your point about needing more answerers is a good one but we'll still need some way to help moderators keep up. | |
| Aug 11, 2012 at 18:28 | history | edited | Brad Mace | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2012 at 11:47 | history | edited | ben is uǝq backwards | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2012 at 11:39 | history | answered | ben is uǝq backwards | CC BY-SA 3.0 |