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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Let's stop displaying a user's accept rate
My feature request (or anti-feature-request perhaps) is the following:
Let's stop displaying a user's accept rate.
For those of you who know "Fawlty Towers", the whole issue of a visible accept rate ...
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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 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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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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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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Reduce the percentage at which an accept-rate is coloured green
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Since a 70% or higher Accept Rate is considered excellent, make the Accept Rate number turn green at 70%, not 80%.
There are a lot of questions on meta about the accept-rate.
It seems, to me,...
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Showing the accept rate discourages asking hard questions?
As my friends and family have discovered to my chagrin, I'm pretty good at solving general computer problems. When I turn to Super User for help solving a problem of my own, therefore, it usually ...
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Count only questions with upvoted answers towards the accept rate percentage
I think that the new accept rate feature should count only questions with upvoted answers towards the accept rate percentage. Currently answers with zero upvotes (and with even negative score, I think)...
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View my questions with unaccepted answers
There is this new acceptance rate feature that appears beneath my signature card when I ask a question.
How do I display all my questions with unaccepted answers? How can I easily see the list of ...
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Unanswered questions and accept rate [closed]
People have been asking me to increase my accept rate on Stack Overflow. So I've gone back to my questions and have been trying to select the best answers. But for some questions, I have not received ...
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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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Add acceptance rate to the user profile page
Since this is really data about the person I would like it to also be available on the person's profile page. Perhaps in the section containing their personal data.
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Why accept an answer that isn't an answer? [closed]
First off, I like the idea of accept rate. I'm tired of giving good answers and not having them accepted. The idea of adding another incentive to accept answers was another great idea by SO.
I have ...
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Should I accept wrong answers to boost my accept rate?
I have posted questions on SO for which I have received answers that do not answer the question. No correct answers were offered (I guess I have really good questions ;) )
People tell me my accept ...
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Clicking on my percentage of answers accepted could take me to the list of my questions without accepted answers
I've noticed that in those places that show my percentage of accepted answers that it is not clickable.
Previously I had found it tricky to get to my list of questions without accepted answers.
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