topic Re: Best answer feature is annoying in Suggestion Box

Best answer feature is annoying

GingerPeach — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:15:36 GMT

I wish this "best answer" feature would be removed. The majority of posts are not asking specific questions. It is highly annoying to see the block "best answer" in each and every post after your own original.

Is there some way to remove this if you don't want it?

And why not bring back the ignore feature? Now that is something people can use and that has value. "Best answer" has very low value on these forums.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

DoneTryin — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:19:23 GMT

I've never seen that on any of my posts. Why are you getting it?

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

GingerPeach — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:23:44 GMT

Apparently it was just added to the Fashion forum.

I began a new thread today about Jill Martin doing well today.

As I understand it, only the originator of a thread sees the "best answer" so if you start a thread in Fashion, TSV, and whichever other forum has this now, once you get responses to your original post, you'll see "best answer" in a rectangle at the lower right of all the posts that reply to your original.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

ValuSkr — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:02:43 GMT

Is the best answer the one that got the most hearts? Or is the moderator deciding which is best?

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

sailor_moon — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:14:55 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
Is the best answer the one that got the most hearts? Or is the moderator deciding which is best?

I think the OP decides the best answer.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

insomniac — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:40:42 GMT

Probably a group of QVC underlings were locked in a room and told to come up with a new idea for the forums.

The best answer feature is that idea.

Weak. . .

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

wildcat fan — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:59:42 GMT

I don't see it as a useful feature. You could rate one "best answer" and someone could come along later and provide an even better answer. I just ignore it because I really have no use for it.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

beach-mom — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:59:34 GMT

I agree with you! If someone takes the time to read my post and respond to it, I will read it. I don't want to have to choose a "best answer"! Posters are aware if someone has answered a question the original poster asked that they don't need to answer it again. However, they might have some additonal input.

What I mean is if a poster has started a thread like "What was the jacket Pat was wearing in the 9 a.m. Susan Graver show?" and poster #3 has given the answer. Most posters will see that and not comment. But someone may want to say, "I have the jacket in blue and it looks great with. . ." Had the OP chosen the "best answer" already, the person who already has the jacket might not comment, and that information might have helped the OP decide!

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

Kachina624 — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 05:12:34 GMT

It doesn't seem at all useful or helpful for use on our type of board. I'd never use it.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

sailor_moon — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:02:50 GMT

@insomniac wrote:
Probably a group of QVC underlings were locked in a room and told to come up with a new idea for the forums.

The best answer feature is that idea.

Weak. . .

If those QVC underlings were locked in a room, with the Slinky lady's voice playing on a continuous loop, it might inspire them to bring back the ignore feature.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

ValuSkr — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:06:57 GMT

@sailor_moon wrote:
@ValuSkr wrote:
Is the best answer the one that got the most hearts? Or is the moderator deciding which is best?
I think the OP decides the best answer.

I see, then it's like Yahoo Answers, where the OP gets to select the best answer. I suppose it's good feedback and encourages constructive responses. In Yahoo, you also get "extra points" for being selected, though I don't know what that's worth other than bragging rights.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

JustJazzmom — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:07:31 GMT

@wildcat fan wrote:
I don't see it as a useful feature. You could rate one "best answer" and someone could come along later and provide an even better answer. I just ignore it because I really have no use for it.

Actually the OP could pick more than one 'best answer' from what I was told by Eve-QVC mod. There is a thread over in Fashion discussing this further.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

insomniac — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:14:12 GMT

JustJazzman, if the OP can pick more than one answer for "best," that doesn't make sense. Either it's the "best" or it's not.

The whole best answer concept is foolish.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

Winkk — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:18:07 GMT

Is there a reason why this option is just on the Fashion link? Couldn't it be used for all posts?

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

Desertdi — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:17:28 GMT

I hardly ever see it

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

ChynnaBlue — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:44:57 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
I wish this "best answer" feature would be removed. The majority of posts are not asking specific questions. It is highly annoying to see the block "best answer" in each and every post after your own original.

Is there some way to remove this if you don't want it?

And why not bring back the ignore feature? Now that is something people can use and that has value. "Best answer" has very low value on these forums.

Because the Best Answer feature is included in the forum software and the Ignore feature is not. It's much easier to turn a feature on than add something that isn't there.

I don't mind the Best Answer feature. I think it's useful in some posts and I just ignore it when it isn't.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

GingerPeach — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 21:00:58 GMT

I do understand this is part of the software program QVC has invested in. I am not equating it to something optional that had to be purchased separately. I've been involved in software upgrades also and I understand that a company wants to use the features it has available. Whether it's included or not is not why I brought it up. QVC has the option to put it here or not, apparently, since they are rolling it out in stages.

This "best answer" is still a waste of bandwidth (or however this type of thing is measured these days). It's also just so much clutter on each and every post. It's also not that easy to ignore.

QVC would have made better use of its dollars if it had purchased new software with the ignore feature included.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

sailor_moon — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:58:47 GMT

Some OPs have unintentionally or unwittingly marked a post with "best answer", so a post designated with "best answer" is not necessarily the best answer.

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

wildcat fan — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:01:18 GMT

LOL There's a thread in Fashion asking about a host's sweater. The "best answer" is the post which features a photo of the sweater. IMO the best answer is the one that referred to it as a hot mess. 😈 If they're going to have the feature, I'd like for posters to rate the best answer in addition to the OP's rating, but then again, isn't that part of what the hearts are all about?

Re: Best answer feature is annoying

SHIRAZ — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:43:11 GMT

I believe the feature is for those threads that have a specific right answer - usually about a product. Example - Is Isaac's 24-7 stretch fabric the same weight in the crop pant as in the long pant? Or - Which Nick Chavez hairspray is the least sticky? Or questions about an upcoming TSV asked of people who purchased same item before. That is why it is only active in TSV, Beauty and Fashion. It's not for open-ended, general discussion threads. However, if someone starts a silly or off-topic thread in one of these categories, the feature would be there to be used.

I can't see myself ever using this feature. Just another opportunity to hurt people's feelings and make enemies.