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110 questions linked to/from Let's stop displaying a user's accept rate
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How does accept rate work? [duplicate]
What is accept rate?
Why doesn't accept rate always appear?
How is the accept rate calculated?
What does "accepting an answer" mean? How do I do it?
Related: How does accepting an answer work?
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Will the "Accept rate" score encourage unwanted behavior? [duplicate]
I understand the idea behind showing a users "accept rate" when they post a question, which is to encourage people to accept answers to their questions but it seems like it can/will encourage unwanted ...
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Stop nagging new users about their accept rate [duplicate]
I'm on Stack Overflow and will stop using this site due to pests.
The 'accept an answer' is fine if:
the person who asked the question found utility in an answer
has enough knowledge to recognize a ...
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Remove accept rate display from questions, move it to the profile page [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Let’s stop displaying a user’s accept rate
I know this is a bold proposal:
I suggest we do not display the "Accept Rate" on questions under the user name.
It has no ...
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Abolish the accept rate [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Let's stop displaying a user's accept rate
This feature request is simple: Remove the accept rate from the user card. No user should ever see another's accept rate.
The rationale ...
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Accept rate stat not visible [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Let’s stop displaying a user’s accept rate
Am I missing something in my configuration or browser setup?
The Accept Rate stat is no longer visible for every user I have ...
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What happened to the percent of accepted answers? [duplicate]
I'm sure this is a dup, but what happened to this feature?
Not too long ago, people's name had the percent of questions on which they accepted an answer. I don't remember reading that it changed in ...
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Discouraging profiles that never follow up on their own questions [duplicate]
I'm not sure whether to describe this as a question or a suggestion, but...
Every so often a question receives some good answers, but the question author never follows up on those, never approves any ...
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Is the accept rate still shown anywhere? [duplicate]
I read Let's stop displaying a user's accept rate and I'm wondering if we can still see our accept rate or not? If yes how?
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Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange
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Replace accept rate with citizenship level
I see that accept rate has now been removed from display on questions. I think this is not a great solution for reasons that waffles explained well. Take it away waffles!
On one hand accept rate ...
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How does accepting an answer work?
What does it mean to accept an answer?
How do I accept an answer, and what are the rules?
Can I accept my own self-answer?
What are the reputation benefits?
Which answer should I accept?
Should I ...
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Is it appropriate to comment on people's accept rate? [closed]
I've seen a lot of comments on SO, of the kind (paraphrasing brutally):
(on questions) if you start accepting some answers, I might deign to post a reply
(on answers) good answer, but perhaps too ...
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Stack Exchange Glossary - Dictionary of Commonly-Used Terms
What are the common phrases, words, abbreviations that are used on Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User, Meta Stack Overflow, and the other Stack Exchange sites?
This is meant to be a very quick ...
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New phenomenon: Rage Unaccepting
Now that accept rate is no longer displayed users can silently unaccept answers without anyone noticing.
I happened to notice by chance that this user (who is a long time member without any other ...
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