I have noticed a change in Askville and wondered if anyone else noticed it?

I have noticed a change in Askville and wondered if anyone else noticed it... Here is what I think has changed. It used to be (at least I remember this over the last few months), that when you started to answer a question a timer started and as long as you kept an active window with the question open, when you submitted the answer it would count the time from your starting in the time since submitting the answer (it would say something like answered 33 minutes ago). Now it doesn't matter when you started or how long it takes you to write, when you submit it says answered 0 seconds ago.So right now if a question is asked and the first person who starts answering takes 30 minutes to come up with their answer, they might end up being the last to answer.

So here are my questions: 1) Did you notice this change? 2) Do you think it is the right way to time answers?3) Is it fair, considering a Best Answer might depend on when the answers are submitted? 4) Does it promote quick answers?

5) Will it change the way you answer questions? Asked by HappyWife&Mom 52 months ago Similar questions: noticed change Askville wondered Amazon > Askville.

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Here are my opinions. 1) I've been away for the past three months and have only answered a few questions since I got back; I can't say that I had noticed this change until you brought it up. 2) Yes, I think that the only time that makes any logical sense to attribute to an answer is the one at which it's made available to the person asking the question.

After all, the time you start answering a question is rather a lottery and the first person to click on "answer" is probably just someone who wondered past the home page at the right time. The person who actually submits the answer first has provided the asker with information more quickly than anyone else. 3) Well, this is as fair a system as any I think: why would it be fairer to give an advantage to the person who happens to notice a question first rather than someone who actually provides a timely answer.

Anyway, it seems that it's only in a fairly small set of cases that the time at which something was answered is the determining factor. If there is an advantage to answering a question quickly then it should go to the person who actually provides an answer most quickly. 4) Well, to a slight degree it probably does.

I'd imagine that this is intentional. Whilst it's possible to take seven days to give an answer it's generally preferable to all concerned if an answer is given as quickly as possible. Sure, if it's a good enough answer then people will be prepared to wait a bit longer and presumably vote accordingly so it shouldn't make that much of a difference.5) No.

It won't make any difference to me. I still think that actually providing as good an answer as possible is probably the most important thing. Just my opinions, as always....

Yes, I thought it was odd, but I figured that Askville had tweaked it so that people can't "start" a dozen questions and be first for all of them. 2) Do you think it is the right way to time answers? If what I guessed was happening, then yes.

3) Is it fair, considering a Best Answer might depend on when the answers are submitted? Actually I think it is more fair in a system that probably has no possibility of perfection. Why should the first one to find a question have an advantage of taking their time in answering?

4) Does it promote quick answers? Perhaps, but quick answers might not be the best ones.It didn't change my one at a time as through as I can be answers. 5) Will it change the way you answer questions?

I did not, and it will not. Great Questions! .

Nope! 2) Do you think it is the right way to time answers? I have no problem with it.

3) Is it fair, considering a Best Answer might depend on when the answers are submitted? Yes, it's fair; to me it actually seems more fair than before, if I understand you right about how it's working. Although you might grab an answer and work some time on it, others might grab an answer slot and just hold it, maybe for days, not working on it.

I ask you, would it be fair if you grabbed an answer slot after someone else, submitted the answer, and they just sat on their answer for several days yet still got Best Answer for "submitting" the first answer because they grabbed the answer slot first? Grabbing an answer slot should have no impact on who submits first; it should be based on when an answer is actually submitted. Whether you work hard on it right away or sit on the answer for awhile doesn't really make a difference--it's when you click the button to post the answer should be the determining factor.

And actually I thought that was how it was done all along. I've never really checked it out.4) Does it promote quick answers? Yes, it could!

5) Will it change the way you answer questions? No, not at all. I've never paid attention to this or worried about it.

I just answer the questions, and don't worry about the best answer slot. I just like helping people and finding the answers for them, so this has no impact on me at all. *Poppet*'s Recommendations Polder 212-00 Digital Timer with Vibrating Alarm, Audible Alarm, and Alarm Light Amazon List Price: $15.00 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 61 reviews) .

1 It is an excellent way to score an answer. There is no reason to privilege the first person to see a question, but it is worth rewarding the first person to make an aswer available.

It is an excellent way to score an answer. There is no reason to privilege the first person to see a question, but it is worth rewarding the first person to make an aswer available.

2 I agree with the Weaver as to "rewarding the first person to make an answer available. " Although from my experience, it appears that if I grab an answer slot early, I keep the order of display position, even if I'm last to answer.

I agree with the Weaver as to "rewarding the first person to make an answer available. " Although from my experience, it appears that if I grab an answer slot early, I keep the order of display position, even if I'm last to answer.

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