Questions And Answers
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I know this would probably be quite complex to do, but... Would it be possible to remove or disable the "Add an Answer" button from questions if you are the OP? Frequently, the OP posts a question, someone posts an answer, and the OP posts another answer along the lines of "No, you have misread, I need this instead...". Since it is another answer the original answerer is not notified and so does not improve his response. Removing the "Add an Answer" button would force them to use the "Add Comment" widget instead.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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I know this would probably be quite complex to do, but... Would it be possible to remove or disable the "Add an Answer" button from questions if you are the OP? Frequently, the OP posts a question, someone posts an answer, and the OP posts another answer along the lines of "No, you have misread, I need this instead...". Since it is another answer the original answerer is not notified and so does not improve his response. Removing the "Add an Answer" button would force them to use the "Add Comment" widget instead.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Yep we do have a couple tasks to help alleviate this common problem. But we don't want to hide the Add Answer button altogether. There are some legitimate cases of its use by the OP. Specifically we were planning to take the OP to the edit page of the question with a special notice at the top. From there they can choose to: 1. Do as we suggest and improve the question 2. Go back to the question view page and add a comment 3. Acknowledge that a new answer is actually want is intended and go ahead with it Another feature we're planning is the ability to demote answers to comments.
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Yep we do have a couple tasks to help alleviate this common problem. But we don't want to hide the Add Answer button altogether. There are some legitimate cases of its use by the OP. Specifically we were planning to take the OP to the edit page of the question with a special notice at the top. From there they can choose to: 1. Do as we suggest and improve the question 2. Go back to the question view page and add a comment 3. Acknowledge that a new answer is actually want is intended and go ahead with it Another feature we're planning is the ability to demote answers to comments.
Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote:
Another feature we're planning is the ability to demote answers to comments
This would be a good one. :thumbsup:
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Yep we do have a couple tasks to help alleviate this common problem. But we don't want to hide the Add Answer button altogether. There are some legitimate cases of its use by the OP. Specifically we were planning to take the OP to the edit page of the question with a special notice at the top. From there they can choose to: 1. Do as we suggest and improve the question 2. Go back to the question view page and add a comment 3. Acknowledge that a new answer is actually want is intended and go ahead with it Another feature we're planning is the ability to demote answers to comments.
The only legit use I can think of is to post a solution the OP has found - which rarely happens with the programming forums, so I'm not holding my breath! Still lets see how the revised version works!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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Yep we do have a couple tasks to help alleviate this common problem. But we don't want to hide the Add Answer button altogether. There are some legitimate cases of its use by the OP. Specifically we were planning to take the OP to the edit page of the question with a special notice at the top. From there they can choose to: 1. Do as we suggest and improve the question 2. Go back to the question view page and add a comment 3. Acknowledge that a new answer is actually want is intended and go ahead with it Another feature we're planning is the ability to demote answers to comments.
Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote:
Another feature we're planning is the ability to demote answers to comments.
While on the face-value, this is great feature, but I see troubles ahead too. Who decided it is a comment not an answer? What if I provide what I think is legitimate answer, but another person thinks it is more of a comment and then s/he demotes it. May be it should work similar to "vote to remove message" feature, but with much weaker weight. Say, instead of single person's interpretation, the algorithm takes into account the person's RP and applies some weight, when the threshold reaches certain value, poof, time to demote man! Just my 2¢
Yusuf May I help you?
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Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote:
Another feature we're planning is the ability to demote answers to comments.
While on the face-value, this is great feature, but I see troubles ahead too. Who decided it is a comment not an answer? What if I provide what I think is legitimate answer, but another person thinks it is more of a comment and then s/he demotes it. May be it should work similar to "vote to remove message" feature, but with much weaker weight. Say, instead of single person's interpretation, the algorithm takes into account the person's RP and applies some weight, when the threshold reaches certain value, poof, time to demote man! Just my 2¢
Yusuf May I help you?
I suspect it will be manual, and by user level, in the same way that you need silver or gold to edit, delete, etc.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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I suspect it will be manual, and by user level, in the same way that you need silver or gold to edit, delete, etc.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Correct you will need to be at least a silver.
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The only legit use I can think of is to post a solution the OP has found - which rarely happens with the programming forums, so I'm not holding my breath! Still lets see how the revised version works!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Actually, that's been my experience two or three times. In one instance, it took a couple months of working with MS to get an answer. I figured that that answer needed to be well noted, so I posted the answer to my own question.
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Actually, that's been my experience two or three times. In one instance, it took a couple months of working with MS to get an answer. I figured that that answer needed to be well noted, so I posted the answer to my own question.
Right. I think this is actually a common occurrence. We do often find the solution to our programming problems. The question is whether the OP chooses to update his/her question.
