Why do people go through answers and not rate them? They will comment like they are all in agreement, then not rate the answer.Why? WHY?
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hemiman
ANSWERS: 6
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I think some may fear the competition, and do not want another answerbagger to beat them, or get more points. That is the only explanation I can think of.
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There have been times that I run out of rating points, but want to let the answerer know that I thought their response was useful.
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I don't think the rating system is being used like it was designed. The terms Helpful and Not Helpful should be changed to just one ratings button because a majority of the questions here aren't altogether "helpful". I have been posting a variety of questions with serious content and some with humorous content. When posting a serious question I get very few answers maybe 1 or even none. The humorous ones draw more attention. This seems to show the essence of the majority of the community here. I could be wrong but this is what I have been observing while visiting here over the last week or so. I personally don't use the rating system like it was intended either. Just to be fair to everyone I rate them all helpful.
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Im not sure, Ive wondered that myself a lot. There have been times that I couldnt because I had already given that person too many points, but then I will leave them a comment letting them know that.
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There are probably several dozen reasons that depend on the user. Some users reserve their ratings for the best answer only (especially now that your rating is worth more the higher you climb). Sometimes they may like the answer either because it is humorous, or they were entertained by it, but don't particularly find it useful. A lot of them are new users who don't understand the value of rating answers. The list goes on, and on. I've given up worrying about it.
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I try to rate every answer I read, but sometimes I forget to. DOH!!
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