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I've been concerned about what answer to choose as accepted. I have asked two questions on Stack Overflow. On my second one, there are three answers, and I feel that one of them answers my question better than the others. However, I did not choose this answer. Someone else gave an answer that solved my entire problem, part of which was the question I originally asked. I chose that one, and completely rewrote the function to make it more efficient. I don't know if I made the right choice, and it's a big deal to me that whoever deserves credit gets it. So I guess my real question is this: Is it better to choose the most useful answer or the one that answers the question?

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Accept the answer that is most useful to you, regardless of how well it answers the question as originally stated. Upvote all helpful answers.

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  • And what if all of them are completely useless? (in the asker’s subjective opinion, of course)
    – Timwi
    Commented Sep 8, 2010 at 2:52
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    @Timwi Then don't accept any answer. That's why accept rates of 80% are still considered good — because there's no guarantee that the right answer will be there.
    – waiwai933
    Commented Sep 8, 2010 at 2:58
  • very good point! +1 =)
    – Rob
    Commented Sep 8, 2010 at 8:11

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