Fun idea: Solved problem icon!

[Yonatan]

I was browsing around the General VB Questions forum, and I noticed that there were some posts with solved questions, and some with non-solved questions. (Obviously)
I also noticed that some of the solved questions have as little as two replies (thread - "how?", reply 1 - "like this", reply 2 - "thanks!"), and that some of the non-solved questions have lots of replies.

How would people known as "brilliantly nice people who want to help" know which posts are more fun to go into (unsolved!) without going in and checking, which is a bit of a paradox in a strange freaky kind of way?

Thus, I invented the Solved Problem Automatic Machine (SPAM)!

The SPAM is a little button that only the creator of the thread has. When the creator of the thread uses SPAM, a special icon appears in the forum view, and everyone can see it, and know that the person who asked the question used SPAM. Because he used SPAM, he doesn't need help on that subject anymore. SPAM can really help the forums! I think that if the administrators implemented SPAM, it would be more fun to go into a thread because you know you can contribute by answering a question that isn't solved (if it was solved, it would have been marked by SPAM). Really - SPAM is a good thing.

Give it a thought.

I completely agree, but my three posts would have this:

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Also, Hover over this icon to see what this user, Escaflowne, thinks about this question
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And everyone would know how I feel...



[Edited by Escaflowne on 10-14-2000 at 10:12 PM]

[SteveCRM]

I like SPAM! well...the button that is...it should be in the reply section. Because to lock it you have to go all the way into edit (okay we are a little lazy), and it should be that people can still post, If they have a shorter way or whatever reason they may have. Good thinking Yonatan

I think it would be neat to have the thread originator add
the the Icon, and that would initiate a thread being moved
to a "SUCCESSFUL POSTS" board.

Then you could tell someone that the question is answered
on that board.

Alternatively, after 5 or 6 days, any thread with much
action (>=10 answers) could go to an "UNSECCESSFUL POST"
board.

That would leave new posts, and posts that have not been
successful, with no action for immediate perusal.

DerFarm