Little yellow check mark

November 13, 2006 11:18 AM

Why does this thread have a little yellow check mark by it on the main askme page, yet none of the answers are marked as best?
posted by matkline to Bugs at 11:18 AM (14 comments total)

I don't know about that specific case, but usually when that happens it's because the OP marked a comment as a best answer that was removed for being a wisecrack, off-topic, flamebait or something else. It happens from time to time.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:29 AM on November 13, 2006

And yet there are those who insist on regarding "best answer" as a meaningful metric.
posted by languagehat at 11:57 AM on November 13, 2006

"Best" means many things.
posted by smackfu at 12:13 PM on November 13, 2006

I do not think "answer" means what you think it means.
posted by found missing at 12:49 PM on November 13, 2006

Previously.
posted by Rhomboid at 2:06 PM on November 13, 2006

Perhaps in a zen sort of way the best answer does not exist. Therefore since no answer is marked as the best answer the best answer has already been found? There is no possible best answer. Until a comment is marked as best the one that isn't selected qualifies.
posted by blue_beetle at 5:52 PM on November 13, 2006

"Best Answer" should just be changed to "Answered" so we can be done with all of this.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:10 PM on November 13, 2006

Clearly, a best answer designation must trump a deletion.
posted by timeistight at 8:38 PM on November 13, 2006

I don't think anything should trump a deletion. Delete away oh ye overlords!
posted by Pollomacho at 9:16 PM on November 13, 2006

AskMe idiots continue to mark joke answers as best in their very own question threads, thus noising up the site for themselves and everyone else. Other idiots continue to favorite same in other people's threads. I'd ban every fucker who marked a joke as 'best answer', I would, I would.

That may not have happened this time, but it does.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:42 PM on November 13, 2006

No, there was no marking of jokey or snarky deleted answers.

I marked Extopalopaketl's very helpful and informative answer, and was treated to a bizarre Java error for my trouble. So, I tried again later, and now everything is as it should be.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 12:24 AM on November 14, 2006

If the appropriate response to a smart question is a smart answer, then what is the appropriate response to a dumb question?
posted by meehawl at 4:44 PM on November 14, 2006

what is the appropriate response to a dumb question?

I'll tell you in a minute.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:21 PM on November 14, 2006

The proper response is "I'll tell you in a minute"
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:22 PM on November 14, 2006