Open questions with '0' comments in EE
Hi, saw that there are a lot of questions that have '0' zero comments and wondering why these questions are still active even though they are months old?
I noticed that EE marks a participated question as abandoned after a short time so I don't see the logic of leaving a non-participated question open for months.
For example, I click "Contribute" > '? Answer Questions". Then sort by choosing the "Comments" heading.
Looks like the non EE Lounge postings have a few of the oldest dating back from 9-26-2014, but normal questions at about 30 dating from last year with the remaining pages( about 5 pages-sorted at 100 questions per page) going from Jan 2016 to current.
Don't see why a participated question can be marked abandoned after just a few weeks or less, and these other questions stay active with '0' comments.
I noticed that EE marks a participated question as abandoned after a short time so I don't see the logic of leaving a non-participated question open for months.
For example, I click "Contribute" > '? Answer Questions". Then sort by choosing the "Comments" heading.
Looks like the non EE Lounge postings have a few of the oldest dating back from 9-26-2014, but normal questions at about 30 dating from last year with the remaining pages( about 5 pages-sorted at 100 questions per page) going from Jan 2016 to current.
Don't see why a participated question can be marked abandoned after just a few weeks or less, and these other questions stay active with '0' comments.
John
I went back to mid-March and did not see anything unusual. Some 0 comments but not many.
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Hmm, is the display set as individual viewing, or do we see the same thing?
Let me check again then post print screens if it's still shows a lot.
Let me check again then post print screens if it's still shows a lot.
Thanks. I have been checking and most post (certainly not all posts) show activity for posts after January 1 of this year.
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I see about 250 unanswered question from before Mar for this year. Not including the ones for Mar which were are anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks old.
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And the question I had was not regarding the percentage of unanswered posts compared to the total, but rather:
why were posts that I've participated in get marked for no response within the comparatively short time period of just a few weeks--when all these other posts remain active for a much longer time period...and no one even attempted a response.
I'm indirectly saying that the same rule for applying a no response flag to an active question with responses should also apply to the posts that have not received any activity.
Doesn't really matter I guess about the ones that have not received any response at all, but the ones that I've participated should remain open longer I think before being marked for deletion after just a few weeks.
why were posts that I've participated in get marked for no response within the comparatively short time period of just a few weeks--when all these other posts remain active for a much longer time period...and no one even attempted a response.
I'm indirectly saying that the same rule for applying a no response flag to an active question with responses should also apply to the posts that have not received any activity.
Doesn't really matter I guess about the ones that have not received any response at all, but the ones that I've participated should remain open longer I think before being marked for deletion after just a few weeks.
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Yep, I was trying to sort by questions that had not yet had responses so I could see if anyone needed help, and was surprised to see so many questions( when sorted) that had not yet received any response at all.
Thanks for all your help, you do an awesome job at helping people John.
Thanks for all your help, you do an awesome job at helping people John.
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Thx John for taking the time to explain.
You are very welcome and I was happy to help as always