Figuring Success Rate.

[diurnal]

Ive read in many magazines where tech sites have a success rate on helping people. Is there anyway yall could incorporate like if someone answers a question and it fixes the problem the person that ask the question could post back and mark some type of form to say they were right. Then like at the end of the day or something every thing could be total up and a success percentage could be produce. That would be a neat feature if it could be done.

[Reid]

I haven't been counting, but I think I got at least 3 successes.

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[tjaymadison]

Seems like the biggest stumbling block would be :

...the person that ask the question could post back and mark some type of form to say they were right.

Very few people report back now, so the results would not be that accurate.

And sometimes it's a part of one reply and a part of another that finally does the trick.

In some ways those 'success rate' things are just promotional gimmicks
anyway. I'd bet they give themselves every possible benefit of the doubt,
rather than categorize things as "unresolved".


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[bassvax]

Im in line with TJay on this one...BUT I am a member of Tech Republic and they have a point awarding system...the postor of the question has X amount of points assigned to him for various tasks and can delve them out to whomever correctly answers the question...BUT it seems to me that it somewhat adversarial for this environment. Case in point...I know I spend a great deal more time here than in Tech Republic's site.
I think it is a conglomeration of answers that best helps.....

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