[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Spinball

Thanks, Simon.
With regard to choosing the best answer, should it be done automatically when the number of votes reaches a certain threshold?
On Yahoo answers I saw that a best answer was picked by someone. Do Yahoo allow certain special people to select the best answer?
If that functionality works, is it maybe worth thinking about allowing moderators to officially close the voting process and select a post as being the most useful?
One assumes that moderators will know the subject of the forum they moderate and are therefore qualified to decide when the best post has been made. Just a thought.

Last I checked Yahoo Answers had a few options to close out an answer. The original poster can pick but votes kick in after so much time. Basicallty make up your mind quickly or we go to the crowd.

Forums are different as posts come in down the road so allowing it to always be votes has a nice benefit.

Any desire to close the thread after X votes or Y time to give more of an answer forum type feature?