What is the accept button in answers to my question?

Question

When I check the answer to a question I ask, there is an accept option. What is it for? If I agree with the answer the other person gave, am I suppose to click it?

Answer 1

It means that you accept the answer as the best or correct one. A green check mark then shows up in the question list so people can tell it has been answered.

Oh thank you - I did not realize this either, I will start accepting! - kittybrougham, Oct 9, 2009

Answer 2

So, before you select the "Accept" wait for few answers to choose from. I messed up the first time I used this button, I selected to early. Few much better answers came later. Once you select, it is permanent, you cannot change your vote.

Strange. When I do it, the button turns into "un-accept". I've never tried to change my selection, so I don't know if it works. - lorenzo9, Oct 9, 2009

Answer 3

That means that if you hit "Accept" then you have chosen that answer as the best, and it gives that person 20 reputation points.

Answer 4

That provides the green check mark that says that your question has been satisfactorily answered and no more answers need be posted.

Oops. simultaneous post. - 0074b507, Oct 9, 2009