I believe they are updated immediately. It takes two good ratings for an answer to be considered "good". When rating a post, the rater can either add to the "votes" by marking it a good answer, or subtract from the "votes". If they subtract, then it is possible that something marked as a "good answer" can lose it's "good answer" rating. This doesn't happen often, but it can happen, and may explain why you believe you have more good answers than you are seeing.

I agree, the GA/Off-Topic Votes seem to be immediately updated.

Unfortunately getting a vote of 1 GA doesn't get you anywhere as it doesn't count toward your GA rating.

"getting a vote of 1 GA doesn't get you anywhere"

This where I got confused, thanks for this clarification.

Funny, I was thinking of this just a moment ago.

More along the lines of How many Good answers are actually more Witty or Entertaining answers.

I think perhaps we need another answer rating category?

I think you should participate when you feel compelled or when you feel competent to help the OP, and forget about getting GA's.

They will come to you when the other participants feel you deserve them, not when you do.

BTW, there is a FAQ place somewhere around here that answers all these questions.

Stuff happens.

Del

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Score 10,000 for Good Answer

Stuff happens.

Del

Good Answer (Score 9,999)

Hello yesyen,

It is the other Members who vote your remarks a GA or not.

And they are updated as soon as you click anywhere on the page and it moves.

You may have thought the Admin vote, they do not. Though they can ban someone who is rude or troublesome, or stop them from voting. Leastways that is how I think it works.

I hope you stay and help answer any questions you are interested in. Answer more and you will likely build your GA score as well.

I know this question of GA's has gone back and forth before, with some liking it and others not. But I guess the majority must like it. Getting enough votes for a GA I think says they respect you and your opinions, which is why they bother to vote. And it kind of say "thank you".

However, the site is first and foremost a help and question answering forum. The score of GA's does tend to show you know how and what type of answer is understandable to most.

I think there is a whole lot of clever people on the site, and more importantly, they can explain things very well, either to someone who is new to a certain subject, or who know it inside out!

Take care and enjoy. Do not be afraid of saying what you want just as you would in any conversation.

bb

Totally agree with your comments (1 GA, especially for your Quote ;-) ), what is frustrating sometimes however is when you have answered a question to a post (and you are about the only one replying) and the postee doesn't come back with a "thank you" even though you know your answer is spot on.

Well said more impressively.

Hi yesyen.

The good answers are given by other members of the forum not an automated computer program, also they can give you an off topic which detracts your good answer.

You will find that even though you might have given a good answer other posters will receive a good answer for something that was not as good as yours it is not a detraction against your answer it is just that the person who gave the good answer does not understand the discussion or have not read all of the posts. also there are groups who tend to support each other which distorts the good answer system.

All in all don't worry good answers are not totally reflective of your efforts it is enough that you have given a response which you think is good and that is the main requirement,

Enjoy your stay with this interesting forum and have fun.

Garth.

This was originally about whether the admin works as as it says on the can. So far as we can judge (and Del's increased risk of gout due to consuming too many tins of sardines is strong support for this) the accounting system works properly.

Whether this is meaningful is up to all of us, as GAs are awarded by "the community". On which subject I have made the following notes:
a) Amusing is at least as highly regarded as accurate
b) Easily comprehensible is more valuable than comprehensive
c) Easily comprehensible and wrong is frequently more valued than difficult and accurate
d) It is better to give than to receive (by which I mean that it is better to post an answer that you have checked out is genuinely helpful than to receive votes for G.A.
e) Nobody likes a smart-ass
f) <= I shouldn't be rude

We could have a zillion different Catagories!

SA = Stupid Answer

FA= Funny Answer

WA= Wrong Answer

NA= Naugty Answer

TA= Terrible Answer

MA= Mechanical Answer

EA= Electrical Answer

RA= Racist Answer

AA= Atheist Answer

HA= Holy Answer

IA= Inverted Answer

andso on!

possibly substitute : na/ vs sa ..not applicable...

Hello Epke,

Hope you are well,

Yes all the categories you mention could be used. Would make the threads pretty bloated though?

Take care and thanks for the reply post...........

bb

People like to categorize, and the statistics fetishists would love it too

I can't believe you left out crazy person answer (CPA).

i tried to keep it to 2 letters otherwise you could have something like this a MRTPBIA (Most Ridiculous Thoughtprovoking But Idiot Answer)