YAY! I just picked three Best Answers! Why do so many people allow their questions to go into voting?
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I don't know.  It is one of my pet peeves.  I mean usually the votes end in a tie with everyone voting for themselves.  Too bad more people aren't like you.  It agitates me when I know I had a potential best answer but lost out because the person didn't even choose one. \n\nActually, I guess I am becoming obsessed with this site.  What does it really matter if I get 10 points anyway?  I get some sort of euphoric rush when I get a best answer.
51648
After a certian time period, the question closes, meaning it longer accepts answers.  After that, all you cant do is vote for your favorite answer.
202090
What I do, in fact what I just did, is go back over all of my answers and look for the ones that were in voting, and I vote for my answers.  Chances are, nobody else checks so I rack up mega points getting chosen best answer on questions.  Kick it!!!
905875
I totally feel the same way! That's why I never put my questions to a vote. I always pick an answer myself. Besides, whenever questions are put to a vote, you can tell people just go through and vote for the first answer. And the first answer is usually the shortest answer, and not someone who put much thought into the answer. (I'm not insulting the answer above me, btw! I mean that a lot of times the first answer is 'yes' or 'no' which is not very helpful.) Maybe my answers are a bit long, but I'm just trying to put some thought into it!
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From the Answers blog,\n\n"Lots of updates today! [Deep breath...] here goes:\n\nSelf-voting: Back by popular demand! The people spoke, and we listened--we've put back the ability to vote for your own answers. The arguments were thorough and far-ranging, from "but you can vote for yourself in political elections" to "sometimes it's the only way I can resolve a question". Thanks to everyone for their input.\n\nImproved layout (see Fig. 1): We moved the search box up to the green bar, and the "My Q&A" link to the right side of the bar. This makes it easier to find both elements, and cleans up the clutter. The points widget was moved to the left side, above the category list, and now shows your avatar when you're logged in!\n\nStats on My Q&A page (see Fig. 2): It's now much easier to see how you're doing, graphically. The new module on your My Q&A page shows the stats of your questions and answers--the questions tab shows the number and percentage of your open, voting, resolved, and deleted questions, and the answers tab shows the number and percentage of your best answers.\n\nNo limit on number of answers: We've removed the limit on the number of answers a question can receive (it used to be 100), so everybody gets a chance to answer the really popular questions. Questions with more than 30 answers will have paging to make them easier to browse and read.\n\nSpelling suggestion on search results page: To give you extra help in finding what you're looking for, we added spelling suggestions on the search results pages. When you type in a misspelled word or phrase, the results page will show the header "Did you mean:", followed by the suggested spelling. Clicking on the suggested spelling will generate another search based on the correction.\n\nLinks to international Yahoo! Answers sites: In the footer of every page, you'll now see links to the five English-language Answers sites.\n\n"Show me another" bug fixed: Now, when you click on the "Show me another" link after taking an action like rate or vote, you will be shown a different question. Previously, you were shown the same question."\n\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team?p=3348
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I  love to be chosen for the best answer. I feel like my answers were of help to them. I enjoy answering questions and I learn a lot on here. I hardly ever ask a question so I don't worry about the points
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Just let it set for a few days.  A lot of people look to answer questions in certain categories, so be patient, as you don't always get instant answers in here.
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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
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It's a policy that Yahoo just implemented to help prevent the abuse of asking stupid questions.  You may have noticed the question spam on the site and Yahoo is trying to get rid of some of this.  You get your points back though after at least 24 hours when you select a best answer or put the questions to a vote.  I personally like it!
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I just checked out your questions..... here is the thing:  You have one in voting...which means we'll vote for the best answer.  \n\nThe other questions are not 24hrs old yet.  When they're 24hrs or older, just pick the one you think is the best by clicking on the blue button that says "Choose as Best Answer."
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I agree - there seems to be a delay in the posting, but I'm sure you're right- I always think I'm the "first" to answer someone's "difficult" question and then all of a sudden there are 10 answers. I just answered one and it still isn't showing up as answered.
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I think so. You must choose and pick and take what you want out of the answers. Alot of it has insight and good comments and questions. Remember to rate your best answer after 24 hours. Good luck. I hope to be helpful to any of your questions.. Welcome!!
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The first thing I do is check to see if their any new answers to my questions. I absoutley love the polls& surveys section. The questions and answers there are the most fun :)
147500
Go to the question.  Not all questions are open to voting on a best answer.  The asker decides whether to accept votes or not.
636890
MAn you are good.  My most was 13 answers.  My next question will challenge you.\n\nOk you won  I only got 17 answers.
82032
It's set up like that so people don't just ask a whole bunch of really inane questions. You get points back when you pick a best answer or put it up for a vote.
517938
Voting for best answers gives you one point.  Voting doesn't take long and gets you points quickly.  I suggest sorting by the number of answers.  You can do a lot more voting, when reading one or two answers.