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According to the forum list, this thread is marked as answered:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/423893?tstart=0
However, the bar over the OP is contradictory:
and all posts are unmarked in terms of stars.
This may be the way forward: we let the software decide and get rid of point giving.
Jacob, you can mark your original post/question as 'answered' without awarding points to any specific response. The software also marks all questions as 'possibly answered' automatically as soon as *any* response appears.
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As I and many others have said, the points system is counterproductive.
It leads to hasty answers or even to people not bothering to read a thread because it's shown as answered on the summary page.
And it is not an accurate reflection of the reliability of the poster.
Remove it!
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Jacob, you can mark your original post/question as 'answered' without awarding points to any specific response. The software also marks all questions as 'possibly answered' automatically as soon as *any* response appears.
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Kath-H wrote:
Jacob, you can mark your original post/question as 'answered' without awarding points to any specific response. The software also marks all questions as 'possibly answered' automatically as soon as *any* response appears.
Well, I think this makes the system even more unfair and, therefore, useless:
Case 1: User replies with a "class in a forum" type of answer that completely clarifies the issue and gives a full solution to the specific problem. Questioner understands 1/10 of the explanation, but finds that the solution works, marks the question as Answered, and gives no points to the answerer.
Case 2. User replies with a workaround of the type "hit Esc key twice, then keep Shift + Ctrl pressed for 13 secs, and it will work". Questioner tries this, it works for him because a neutrino passes through his CPU at the time, marks the question as Answered, and gives the maximum of points to the answerer.
Do I need to continue?
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no need to continue,
but I want more points!
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Thought you folks might appreciate something an inexperienced and apparently wise OP said in one of their threads on a product forum.
What do I do now about "Helpful Answer" and "Correct Answer?" This forum has now given me another dilmna [sic] in life...
Message was edited by: Mark A. Boyd
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not bothering to read a thread because it's shown as answered on the summary page.+
bingo. not to mention if it's not on the 1st page it's not getting read because of the back button glitch.
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How come some threads, such as this one, have answer point buttons in each post but those from the OP, and other have none?
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Jacob, could you please give an example of the second case? I'm not sure I'm following you, and I have opened so few threads that I have only seen your first case.
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Ah, Claudio, I just realized that you see them (only) as OP.
It is hard to get used to silly things.
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when you make a thread you have the option to set it as a question or not(it's a question by default). If you don't set it as a question then you can't give out points and there's also no "possible answered" bar. The threads that aren't a question don't have a !? in the thread icon. The threads started before the switch aren't marked as questions.
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Unless the OP knows what to look for the Answered line is difficult to pick out. But maybe that is a blessing in some cases.
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Concerning the points system, my question is; "What's the Point?"
I have about 10 or 15 points and I haven't answered any questions, at least not intelligently.
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I've also had 'thanks very much, that worked' a couple of times - very simple queries with straightforward answers, the ones I specialise in from newbies who obviously had no notion of points. If I took these things seriously I'd be a bit miffed, as it is I think it just illustrates how misleading points totals could be. Away with them!
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I found it hilarious that Buko got the ten points for this one:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1917262#1917262
Buko. wrote:
If its a Spanish plugin there's not much you can do about that.
I suppose you could learn Spanish.
Hey, Buko, you got the points! Beautiful system.