Anonymous
it's annoying and you do get 10 points for the best answer when your answer is chosen to be the best! some people just do that so people will answer their questions and want to swell
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Because that's what you get 10 points. You're a L-7?
MJ Dead Man
It is automatic for Best Answer...assuming the person chooses a Best Answer. Some people will put that into their question to entice people to answer since the asker must now choose Best Answer.
If the asker does not choose, there will be no Best Answer. In days of old, questions went to a vote if the person did not choose a Best Answer.
oklatom
It's an implied promise that they will choose a best answer to the question, sadly many of them give empty promises.
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It makes people want to answer the question. Some people may have taken the guidelines quiz (gives 20 pts btw) which showed an example of that which Y!A said was perfectly ok.