Does it upset you, when your answer is clearly the best, and the asker abandons the question to vote, or... :)

Question

you don't care?

Thank you for your answer! :)

Have a wonderful day! :)

Answer 1

It depends. Sometimes there are lots of good answers, and the questioner really can't simply choose a "best" one out of all of them. In those instances, I could see where the asker would feel it more fair to allow the question to go into voting.

Other times I've noticed that the asker is only interested in validation, and will choose whatever answer matches their own opinion. It really doesn't matter how much research you put into the subject or how many links for backing information you give--if your opinion doesn't match the asker's agenda, your answer won't be picked.

Then I've found that it's the simple one-word answers that win. Even if they match the opinion of your well-worded and researched answer. This one bothers me, because it shows that the asker was too lazy to actually read very far into what was given to him. Why put so much effort into someone who doesn't appreciate it? It's either they didn't feel like reading your answer... or they simply are playing favorites, and happen to like the person who sent the "Yep" answer.

Answer 2

It's so funny--most of the time I don't think I have the best answer AT ALL--mostly because I hold an opposing viewpoint from the majority and then I am shocked I get best answer. I can't figure out why someone picks one answer over another--I personally have a hard time when two answers are both so wonderful--I at least try to acknowledge the "runners up" or let everyone know their answers were great. I wish more people would actually vote when the answer goes to vote. I find that most 'best answers' chosen by votes is only like two or three votes cast!

To answer your question--I'm rather new here and getting a feel for the whole site. I haven't got a strong preference or opinion on the voting system yet but I am sometimes very surprised by which answer is chosen as best.

Answer 3

Hi, Moon~Personally, I don't think of it as my answer being the best, it's more a sort of disappointment that the asker seemed not to have cared at all about "anyone's" answer, just asked & after we'd put time & thought into our answers, abandoned us. When I get Best Answer from the community vote, it feels left empty, unfinished.
Long ago, I didn't get the usual alert to choose, or extend my time, & I was devestated when the voters chose the ONLY nasty answer I'd gotten. I emailed everyone to apologize.
The best feeling is when someone chooses, & posts a comment about why they did. I always thank them.
I emailed someone to inquire why they weren't choosing their own answers, & they'd been ill, but there are users who habitually leave BA to voters. Seems almost disrespectful to me, but doesn't upset me.
Then! There are some who choose the most blatantly uninformed, & I conclude--it was their answer to choose, so c'est la vie. (One can usually see in the question, that the asker has a bias, & doesn't want to be "enlightened.")
I let this "roll as water over a duck's back." By the way, I very much miss your adorable ducky wuckie & other avatars!
(No further comment on how hard we worked for you, to no avail, except deep regret....)
Much love, Moon.

Edit: Just looked at the answers, & am I confused or not? Wasn't your question about users who leave it up to vote, & NOT about disagreeing with their choices???

Answer 4

No...doesn't bother me I rarely ask questions in here, but, the few times I did, several friends answered and I wasn't comfortable choosing one over the others when their answers were equally good...but I told the people why I was turning it over for voting...they understood. :)
Plus, I did that once because it was in a technical forum and I really wasn't sure which answer was the best until I had a chance to try the info out! By the time I had, the time period was up and it had gone for a vote already! (....and, instead of one of the useful answers I had gotten, the voters chose a wise cracking answer that had been nonsense...THAT made it worse!)

You learn by trial and error...I think I will choose the best answers from now on when I ask a question again! :)

Back to answers and best answer: :) I would rather NOT get a "best answer", whether answer was good or not, if the questioner just chose my answer to make one last sarcastic remark about those whom answered like I did! LOL, they could have gotten the last word in many ways, but, rating my answer as a "2" and giving me "best answer" just seems ludicrous! :)

Peace be with you :)

Answer 5

Hi Moon:

It does upset me because i give all my effort to have a best answer. It requires thinking and feeling in answering a question. It entails sound judgment for me to give the best answer. A great question calls for a best answer or a great answer as i address it. However, let us also give them the benefit of the doubt because sometimes they forgot it or they bellieve they don't meet their standards or they didn't answer this question. Be that as it may, the asker must be responsible enough to choose if they don't have the above excuses. For after all, why did they ask in the first place.

Great question. Have a wonderful day.

Third P

Answer 6

To me, having expressed my thought on an answer is enough. I leave everything in the hands of the asker. The right of choice is his/ hers alone except perhaps when he/ she can't make a good decision because almost every answer is good for him/ her till she forgets the time limit, and that's when the voting takes place then...Or maybe he/she simply forgets.

But the "BEST" is something 'undetermined' as people don't think the same. What may be insignificant for one may be interesting for another. A good answer never loses its essence even if it isn't picked as best.

Don't let this little thing bother you. Enjoy your days, Moon!

Answer 7

It annoys me when questions get put to vote, it should always be the asker who decides the best answer (wether it takes 1 day or 12 weeks). Anybody who doesn't pick a best answer for their question should have points deducted and those points shared out between everyone who answered.

Answer 8

An asker asked a question of fact.

I answered it, with references.

The asker gave me best answer.

Someone reported my answer and got all 12 points removed from me.

The asker's question was NOT in violation.
My answer was NOT in violation.

I appealed the deletion of my answer.
I was e-mailed that they would look into it.

There was no further response.... and yes, this was the day before "reporting" was starting to be "tracked."

I am disappointed, not upset.
I acknowledge that trolls are everywhere - and Yahoo does little about them.

That's life here on Y!A.

Life has more important issues.
Peace.

Answer 9

Never, ,just i hope that my answer was useful for the asker so it does not upset me when the asker abandons the question to vote or choose another answer as the best one . certainly i hope that my answer be the best but i do not upset if it did not was.
thanks for yahoo

Answer 10

No. It's the asker's question to do with what he/she will. Sometimes a vote is more valuable as instructive about other people's minds, than merely the (flattering?) ten points. So, in anticipation of haphazard, I take what pleasure I can from merely answering - at least that reassures me my brain's still functional, regardless of how appropriately or not!