Questions tagged [accept-rate]
A metric previously shown on user cards on posts which indicated the percentage of questions for which the user has accepted an answer.
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Deleted an Unaccepted question, still getting counted in accept rate [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does accepting an answer work?
How does accept rate work?
I had an unaccepted question for several weeks that I finally abandoned hope of getting a working answer to (A ...
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Commenting on user Question like : increase your accept rate first
I am seeing this type of comment every now and then when any user or say New User have posted a question. recenltly seen in This Question
Here there is a comment and You can see that comment got ...
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Help reviewing and cleaning up accept rate comments
I've been wading through SO comments mentioning 'accept rate' and cleaning up where appropriate. But following the recent SE data explorer refresh, the number outstanding has exceed 5 000 and I'm not ...
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Should I flag user profiles for users who are posting tons of questions and accepting no answers?
I've come across profiles where people are actively participating on S.O. by posting answers, yet have an absolute 0 percent acceptance rate on all their questions. Typically I try to post a comment ...
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Why does Jeff Atwood have an 100% accept rate for answers if he himself recommends a 70% [closed]
In this blog post https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/08/new-question-asker-features/ Jeff Atwood explicitly mentions that he considers 70% a good accept answer rate:
It is considered good manners to ...
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Is posting an incomplete/incorrect answer considered abuse on Stack Overflow? [closed]
I recently posted this question: Color picker that sends events per color pick and a certain user posted an "answer" which he obviously did not test or compile.
Upon saying that his answer did not ...
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Comment regarding accept rate removed
Earlier today I made a comment on this question, pointing out to the OP that he might want to accept answers and that he could find out how and why in this oft quoted thread.
I see now that this ...
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How to Improve accept rate in Stack Overflow [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does accepting an answer work?
When I'm trying to ask questions on Stack Overflow, I'm getting the following message:
You need to get your acceptance rate up & Work ...
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How to identify 0% accept rate users
I've encountered users with several questions asked, all (or most) of them answered, but none accepted. Generally, they have few rep points (<100), so it's easy to mistake them for users who have ...
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After editing a post, "x% accept rate" disappears
When you edit a post (inline editing) and click Save Edits, the text x% accept rate (where x is some percentage) below the poster's user card in the bottom right-hand corner disappears. I think this ...
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Should I vote to "delete" one of my posts if it gets no replies, to avoid its effect on my "accept rate"? [closed]
Should I vote to "delete" one of my posts if it gets no replies, to avoid it affects my accept rate?
If not, what is recommended way to avoid negative impact on accept rate?
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Accept rate not showing anymore
I just noticed that the accept rate of me and another user with > 5k rep is not shown anymore, although there exist enough questions (> 4 with an answer).
Why?
UPDATE:
It looks like acceptance rate ...
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Are people more likely to answer my question if I have a higher answer accept rate?
What if the difference is 90% vs 70%, compared with 50% vs 20%?
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Should your Accept rate only be known to you? [closed]
I see the Accept rate as being counter productive to the site. I (incorrectly) answered a question about whether the accept rate should be shown on the Mobile version of the Site as that I was glad it ...
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Feature Request: Accept rate for mobile site
I, and I think some other people, would really appreciate to see the accept rate in the mobile site of SO. To me the accept rate immediately indicates whether i should answer the question or not even ...
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