[AccessD] The list

 Well it's up to the asker to select an answer as the solution, and you
don't get any points until your comment is (or you get an assist).

 I would like to think that someone doesn't accept a comment if it doesn't
solve their problem, but many feel that effort should be rewarded, which is
another thing I disagree with in a big way.  Does it solve the problem or
not?  If not, no accept and no points.

 No one liked my comments when I was on question clean-up<g>. But now an
asker is cut-off if they leave too many open questions behind, so clean-up
is not needed like it once was.  That has turned into another reason though
you sometimes find accepted solutions that are really solutions.  The better
topic areas will have Expert's that complain about those, and if it's
something that's dead wrong or will harm someone's system, we un-accept it
and delete it.

 It's far from perfect, but I don't see many other sites out there any
better.  Utter Access is not bad.  Stack Overflow has a number of issues and
the Microsoft Answers forums are pretty much the same as Stack.

  It's as always, a work in progress and some years are better and some
worse.  Wish they'd go back to restricted points; Expert's really had to
work back then and give good answers.  Askers had to stick with their
questions more too.  Doubt it will ever happen though :(

Jim. 
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 04:56 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] The list

That probably explains why I have had to wade through so many irrelevant and
wrong 
answers every time  I tried it.

Those answering knew little or nothing about the subject, but needed to make
their monthly 
quota. :-(

-- 
Stuart

On 18 Sep 2012 at 12:56, Jim Dettman wrote:

> 
>  That's a common misconception; it's only pay if you don't contribute.  EE
> in the past was not as forth right as they should have been with that and
> many of us complained.  Now it's up front on the sign-up page; answer
about
> three questions a month or pay.  I've been on EE 13 years and haven't paid
a
> dime to date.  

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