Why is it so hard to find out if your answer was picked, or rated?
471590
its not hard to find it coz yahoo will send u a mail when ur answer will be picked as best answer and will also provide u link to that place
56719
because the person who posted the question determined that they had recieved an adequate answer. they then picked the one they thought was best and put it up for vote
1088905
I read the question and look through the answers to see if there are duplicate responses.  I'll answer if I don't see any.  But I take so long to type that when I'm done, there are tons of responses that I now just give up reading the answers and just respond if I have something I'd like to add.
367293
Why arent my answers appearing on the screen?
692554
You are certainly are a little touchy.  Many people took time to give you good answers full of information and instead of thanking them, you got all pissy about one or two you didn't like.  As to the MYOB you ended up with, you madeit everyone's business when you asked the question.
173825
Some health insurance companies have web sites (Aetna does) that allow patients to rate their doctors, but none of my doctors had enough people rating for the ratings to show up.\nAnd, I suspect, the criteria that the insurance co picks are not the ones I would pick.
39595
it should probably show up in your account.  Click on your profile name (or Yahoo ID) in Yahoo Answers (where it says Hello XYZ).  When you click it, it will display all your answered questions.  If it shows up there, then your answer has been recorded.  Probably, your browser didn't refresh the page soon enough.  Check back after a while and verify.
286126
Yes. It is annoying. I know there must be a delay, but when you try to post an answer to a question posted 2 days ago, showing 0 answers, and find it is closed and there are answers from over a day ago, the explanation cannot be simply a delay.
1021253
I wouldn't worry too much about it.  There are so many people on here that even if you think you gave an awesome answer, it might not be the answer that the person is looking for (that has happened to me many times!).  Also, on some questions, you may be up against an expert on whatever subject that the question is about.\n\nOne thing that you can do is go through the questions you've answered and vote on the ones that have been sent to voting.  You can vote for your own answer, if you want.\n\nGood luck - I'm sure if you answer enough questions, you are bound to get a best answer at some point!
43928
The only way I know of is to click on your name, then hand count your answers from today.\nTo me, it looks as though you've answered 23 today.
499569
I only asked a few questions, but yeah it's hard. I just go for the one that I feel helped me the most, and offered the most info., also how much effort that person put into the answer. Once I make my choice I choose to justify it somehow in my comment box... ;] I have emailed ppl and thanked them too, if I felt they deserved it... haha
918690
Not really. I always look through all the answers I've gotten and chose the best one. However, I do wish we could pick more than one best answer! There's been quite a few times that I've had a horrible time choosing!♥
1178895
I love answering questions, mainly because it makes me fel like my opinion matters. And even if no one reads my answer, or my answer isn't picked as the best (which i really like), then at least i have tricked myself into thinking that what i am typing in my answer counts on some level. Is it boredom, a need for recognition, a desire to be heard?! All the above!
744683
Click on a category, you will see 3 tabs to choose from on your right labeled   ANSWER, DISCOVER and VOTE.  \n\nIf you are wanting to VOTE on other peoples answers, click on VOTE tab to choose the best answer on unresolved questions.\n\nIf you are wanting to pick the "BEST ANSWER" for your question you must wait 4 hours from the time the question is asked, \n\n1) Click on "YOUR USER NAME" \n2) looking at the bottom left of that page and choose the tab labeled "MY QUESTIONS"  \n3) Click on the question you asked\n4) Read the answers \n5) Click the "best answer blue button" on the answer that has answered your question best, backing up their answer with facts or a source proving their answer.
869375
Yes\nYes\nAnd again I say YES!\n\nSo often I see what seems to be a heartfelt question but then it goes to a vote.  It doesn't make sense to me.  So often what gets chosen as Best Answer is anything but a Best Answer.\n\nHowever, some Askers have stated that they weren't allowed to pick a Best Answer.\n\nWhen I check a person's profile I will often cast a vote if I see there are questions In Voting.  I hope others will do the same for me.
428318
Yeah, a good example would be that guy on here that has like nearly 2000 "best answers". He's probably on "Leaderboard". I was like "wtf" so I clicked on his name to see what kind of answers he gave - I can tell you, 90% of his answers were all copied and pasted from other sources, and somehow, the askers chose his answers to be best. I think that is B.S. I'm sorry. I agree with you .. this is like a personal advice giving forum. If I wanted REAL answers from professional sources, I would've looked for them on Yahoo or Google engines. I know, it's pretty dumb.
75932
easy:\n\nDo your revision and when a question pops up, you see that, you'll know what the answer is.\n\nProblems occur when more than one answer is correct, but you will probably get your point if you choose (one of the) correct answer