Timeline for Stop nagging new users about their accept rate
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| Dec 13, 2012 at 11:32 | comment | added | Istrebitel | Its not a large majority. Its a minority, but still, proves the problem with the system. And I tried actually editing. It didnt help. Now, do you insist person should keep editing until he gets an answer? Because you obviously understand noone would. Situation in which person is no longer interested in his question because he decided to go totaly another direction, or in which person sees no more way to improve his question, is very well possible. Now, in this situation, accept rate motivates such person to mark any answer as answer, and this is the problem of the system, not the person! | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 10:40 | comment | added | user200500 | That is an entirely hypothetical scenario. Try actually editing it instead of ranting in comments about what would happen if you edited the question and it got no answers. If you have a large majority of questions that persistently go unanswered it is probably because you ask either unclear questions or questions that aren't interesting. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 10:36 | comment | added | Istrebitel | Okay, and if after editing it still doesnt receive answer, I should continue editing and editing ad infinum? And if I have no clue what could I add to make my question better? And what if the original question is not relevant for me anymore because I decided to go completely different route (and that route has nothing to do with the question so I cannot even asnwer my own question with that)? | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 10:31 | comment | added | Istrebitel | What do you mean "Throwaway question"? Here is a question stackoverflow.com/questions/9911658/…. Its not as good example, becaust it doesnt have a non-answer marked as answer, but still, I asked question, the only asnwer for which was not a desired solution. The only answerer didnt reply to my comment. Noone else replied. I decided to go completely different route, because noone knew how to do what I originally wanted. What is bad about that? Am I expected to bang my head against the wall there? | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 10:25 | comment | added | Istrebitel | Simple fix would be, if the intention of the system is for people to have AR over some amount, like, 60%, then do not show exact value if it's over 60% - show "fine" or "in good standing" or whatever. As long as there's a public rating, that rating promotes competition - that's the nature of human species! The whole Stack Exchange is based on that - granting you points, medals and stuff. People are encouraged to participate with points, rewards, and so on. So naturally, visible acceptance rate promotes striving to raise it, which is only possible through BAD means | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 10:11 | comment | added | user200500 | If there is no answer anyone knows of, it is highly probable you are asking the wrong question. Like I said, edit and improve your questions until you get a good answer. Throwaway questions that you forget about are not encouraged. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 10:08 | comment | added | Istrebitel | But sometimes there is just no asnwer anyone knows of. Or noone who knows the answer is attracted. And you lose hope of finding answer and forget your question. What now? This question contributes to downing your accept rate. Sure noone will demand 100%, but you ARE penaltised for not chosing a non-answer as answer, this is pure fact. Sure that penalty may never be felt by you. Or it could. Or maybe you just do not want to be penaltised for not doing anything bad? Bottom line, this system promotes people who are doing counter-productive action. That's an obvious problem. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 9:54 | comment | added | user200500 | No one here will ever demand an accept rate of 100%. An accept rate of 0% with 15 questions, on the other hand, indicates a problem (either the user does not know how to accept answers, or their questions are un-answerable). Under no circumstances should you accept non-answers. Instead, iteratively edit and improve your question to attract better answers. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 9:40 | history | answered | Istrebitel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |