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Discourage questions being marked as answered within an hour or so of being posted
“You must wait X minutes to accept an answer” When did this happen?
Is this a function of how much reputation one has on SO?
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possible duplicate of Discourage questions being marked as answered within an hour or so of being posted or “You must wait X minutes to accept an answer” When did this happen?– user7116Commented May 14, 2012 at 20:36
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Because it's just courteous to those of us who sleep once in a while. If you give us at least 24 hours to have a reasonable chance of seeing your question, we might be able to provide an even better answer. There's no reason to get in a rush about accepting an answer.– Cody GrayCommented May 14, 2012 at 20:58
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No, that's the same for all. You can't accept an answer in the first 15 minutes after posting the question.
The reason is that there may be a better answer posted after the first got in, so you don't accept the first rightish answer, but choose the best.
answered May 14, 2012 at 20:30
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2It's useful to note that accepting a question tends to discourage other people from answering. So once you accept an answer you have basically stopped the flow of other information and ideas.– user184498Commented May 14, 2012 at 20:59