I've asked a lot of questions, but very few of them have any answer that nicely covers the whole issue or which is so much higher quality than the other answers that it deserves to be highlighted? My current accept rate is only 34%. Should I increase it by going back and selecting the answer with the highest number of votes or doesn't accept rate matter on this site?
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I would suggest that we remove it from the OP user box since its irrelevant to the effort that the user puts into Programmers. This way SO people who join won't have a mindset that <50% = Not worth answering
On Stack Overlflow, accept rate makes sense as there is a right answer.
Where there is no single 'right' answer, then the question belongs here.
Therefore, the implication is that there might not be a single correct answer, so why should we have to bother marking as 'solved'?
I would prefer the community to use votes to show which is the 'best' answer.
I think that a low accept rate should/will become the norm.
There are some cases where there's a clear correct answer and some where there's at least one answer that stands out somewhat in quality, and I can see accepting in those cases. So far, though, they seem to be largely the exception.
Hmmm... People are much less likely to answer a question with an accepted answer. For many questions this would be counter productive....but TheLQ makes a good point about the <50% mindset.
Would a check box, like the community wiki box, or similar device.... that effectively tagged the question as answered....or un-answerable...with the goal of maintaining the OP's acceptance rate ? ...moderator driven ?...something ?
Might end up being the root of all evil...Just thinking out-loud.
Post a synthesis and accept it. Seriously.
On SO, I was in the situation, that I had asked for a problem, some people gave me helpful pointers, which I did upvote, and in the end I provided the answer myself. Even got an upvote :)
Maybe instead of just hiding accept rate as @TheLQ suggests, acceptance itself should be hidden/removed?
