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Alphabet Publishing
Inspiring
July 30, 2025
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Commenters should not be able to mark their own answers correct

It's very annoying to find posters posting replies and then automatically marking their reply the correct one. This is particularly silly because once a comment is marked "correct", the thread is labeled SOLVED. Even if the OP still has the problem. This creates an incentive for Adobe Employees to mark problems solved giving the impression that there are fewer outstanding issues AND for  experts to rack up their percent of problems SOLVED. 


So any one can post anything and then say they solved the problem, which will then bring people in using that solution. This can lead to:

  1. People trying to fix problems with solutions that don't work.
  2. That in turn leads to more posts on the same problem as people are going to start a new post without the alleged solution
  3. Some people may be helped by the proposed solution. However this will lead to the thread being overwhelmed by responses about that solution. Unfortunately, this means the original poster's problem will be buried!


Ideally, only the original poster should be able to mark that a solution solved the problem!

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Alphabet Publishing
Inspiring
August 1, 2025

Why does it matter? I unclicked the correct answer button immediately because it wasn't the correct answer. So there's no record of that answer being marked correct.

 

Doesn't it seem like good policy that the only person who can say who solved the problem is the person with the problem?

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 1, 2025

yes, but i've never seen that.  adobe employees do that frequently, but not experts.

Alphabet Publishing
Inspiring
August 1, 2025

So a Community Expert can give a solution and then immediately say it is correct, even before confirming with the OP?

Alphabet Publishing
Inspiring
August 1, 2025

I have to admit that I assumed it was the poster who marked his own reply correct. He says that he doesn't know who did it.

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 31, 2025

For the record, all Community Experts can do this.

I am not a moderator, but I can mark (and unmark) replies as correct answer.

Adobe employees also have these rights.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 30, 2025

what thread is an example of a problem?

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 30, 2025

As far as I am aware, only the OP and moderators may mark replies as correct.

If you spot a reply that is not correct, please click "report" and report it, or PM a moderator.

Most Community Experts are moderators.