Accept button?
After I asked a question I noticed there's an "accept" button by each of the answers given? What is that for?
4 Answers
If you are looking for a specific answer to a question you can accept one which you deem the best. This will give the person who answered a bonus of 20 reputation points.
edit= addedTry not to use the accept button when posting challenges or games which you would like to continue since when people see the green check they have a tendency to just pass over the post. (obviously because it has been accepted)
Another problem with "Accepting" too soon is that you may accept an incorrect answer that you would not have accepted after others had a chance to review and comment.
Then it looks to others that may be in need of a more accurate answer that what was accepted was correct when in fact it could have been just a little (sometimes a lot) more accurate.
If instead of asking this question, for example, say you had done a search and seen where this was discussed one of the many other times. You would have seen answers that had been accepted and it would be nice if you could count on the accepted answer as having been 100% correct when often they weren't. Sorry, just how it works.
Yes I agree the accept button is often pressed too soon a more useful answer or another slant could come hours later from someone who is not yet online, it is best to let the thread build up and then you will have more choices.
Hola,
It is to accept the best, correct answer. I recommend that you use it with care and wait because sometimes people won't open the question when the best answer is marked.
