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> The whole idea of an OP "accepted" answer is a sketchy feature from the start. I think that's highly dependent on the type of question being asked. For quest
by dgritsko 5y ago
> The whole idea of an OP "accepted" answer is a sketchy feature from the start.
I think that's highly dependent on the type of question being asked. For questions where a person had a specific problem, accepting the answer was a way to indicate "yes, this fixed my problem" - and by definition, only the OP can decide that.
Now that doesn't quite fit for "best practice" questions where the answers might evolve over time (hence the change being discussed here), but the "accept" mechanism doesn't discriminate.
- mbostleman 5y agoYes, good point. And I think that goes back to how one views SO. I've always tried to view it less as a question answer service (with the answer being the end goal) than an encyclopedia that gets written through the process of questions and answers (with the encyclopedia as the end goal).