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Is it good etiquette stalling to a accept goodstall accepting an answer just to raise the visibility or advertise your question?

I am a user in several SE sites and I regularly observe the following situation. There are posts with many good answers and the OP stalls to accept any of them. First of all I am aware that:

  1. When I say ``good answers''"good answers", that is based on my personal opinion and that the OP may have a different one. However, there are lots of cases where the answers are very informative, to-the-point and address the OP's question in all extendto the fullest extent. This is not subjective.
  2. I also understand that the OP does not have any responsibility to check on their post 24/7. However, this argument also breaks down in lots of cases, where the OP stalls on accepting a good answer but discusses extensively in the comments section (possibly asking more sub-questions instead of clarifications on the original question).

This brings me to my question(s): Is this behavior a good etiquette? Does it violate any SE rules?

Is it good etiquette stalling to a accept good answer just to raise the visibility or advertise your question?

I am a user in several SE sites and I regularly observe the following situation. There are posts with many good answers and the OP stalls to accept any of them. First of all I am aware that:

  1. When I say ``good answers'' that is based on my personal opinion and that the OP may have a different one. However, there are lots of cases where the answers are very informative, to-the-point and address the OP's question in all extend. This is not subjective.
  2. I also understand that the OP does not have any responsibility to check on their post 24/7. However, this argument also breaks down in lots of cases, where the OP stalls on accepting a good answer but discusses extensively in the comments section (possibly asking more sub-questions instead of clarifications on the original question).

This brings me to my question(s): Is this behavior a good etiquette? Does it violate any SE rules?

Is it good etiquette to stall accepting an answer just to raise the visibility or advertise your question?

I am a user in several SE sites and I regularly observe the following situation. There are posts with many good answers and the OP stalls to accept any of them. First of all I am aware that:

  1. When I say "good answers", that is based on my personal opinion and the OP may have a different one. However, there are lots of cases where the answers are very informative, to-the-point and address the OP's question to the fullest extent. This is not subjective.
  2. I also understand that the OP does not have any responsibility to check on their post 24/7. However, this argument also breaks down in lots of cases, where the OP stalls on accepting a good answer but discusses extensively in the comments section (possibly asking more sub-questions instead of clarifications on the original question).

This brings me to my question(s): Is this behavior good etiquette? Does it violate any SE rules?

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Is it good etiquette stalling to a accept good answer just to raise the visibility or advertise your question?

I am a user in several SE sites and I regularly observe the following situation. There are posts with many good answers and the OP stalls to accept any of them. First of all I am aware that:

  1. When I say ``good answers'' that is based on my personal opinion and that the OP may have a different one. However, there are lots of cases where the answers are very informative, to-the-point and address the OP's question in all extend. This is not subjective.
  2. I also understand that the OP does not have any responsibility to check on their post 24/7. However, this argument also breaks down in lots of cases, where the OP stalls on accepting a good answer but discusses extensively in the comments section (possibly asking more sub-questions instead of clarifications on the original question).

This brings me to my question(s): Is this behavior a good etiquette? Does it violate any SE rules?