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Out of curiosity, why do you care whether the answer is marked as accepted?
by coryfklein 10y ago
Out of curiosity, why do you care whether the answer is marked as accepted?
- hatchoo 10y agoBecause it more likely that beginning programmers would jump straight and look for the "accepted answer".
- dalke 10y agoWhat mechanism would you suggest otherwise? For example, suppose I ask a question, and within 10 minutes get an answer which is good enough for me, then I accept it and move on. Hours later, someone gives a much better answer. What is my obligation to track the topic after I already know a correct answer? What should be the mechanism to override my acceptance? What is more achievable: putting that mechanism in place, or getting beginning programmers to look at the first answer rather than looking for the accepted one? To which I'll add, I'm looking at it in privacy mode (not logged in), and can't tell which is accepted. Is that something that only people with an account can see? If so, aren't those also people who are now no longer beginner SO users?
- hatchoo 10y agoI'm no UX expert but maybe highlight the accepted answer and a different colored highlight for the top voted answer.