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What happens to unresolved questions that end in a tie... ?
I've not quite been here two months, and out of boredom the other day decided to go back and look at some of the first questions I answered here.
To my surprise, many of them were unresolved. They'd been put to a vote, and had usually ended in a two or three-way tie.
My question is... are these questions just going to sit in limbo indefinitiely forever? With only 100 votes a day maximum, I highly doubt anyone is going to go far enough back to cast the deciding vote for questions that have ended in a tie over two months ago.
Just wondering; I'd not really thought about it before, but it seems like a waste for someone to ask a question, people to put thought into answering it, then for people to vote on it, and then... nothing.
Oh well, I guess I just like resolution.
8 Answers
- Rachel OLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
They will remain in a tie until the tie is broken. If a answer has more votes for 12 hours, it will become the best answer and becomes resolved.
It's a shame that Yahoo! doesn't encourage people to vote and push random older unresolved questions a user's way. Users wouldn't have to vote 100 times a day (or to their limit), but just even voting randomly a handful of times a day may help resolve questions.
- RagnarokLv 71 decade ago
There are a lot of unresolved questions, some dating back 8 months. They stay in unresolved questions until they are decided.
Sometimes, when I just want to vote to get points, I click vote on unresolved questions, and click the arrow to go to the oldest ones, and vote on those, Usually I have to scroll up about 10 pages or so to vote on unresolved questions that really are unresolved.
If you just go to vote on unresolved questions, you get a fairly recent question, and when you vote and choose show me another, you stay in the same category.
It's an easy way to get a few points a day, and clear out the old unresolved questions.
- teeterLv 44 years ago
i imagine it continues to be as a tiebreaker indefinitely. those who get a say are those who have not yet voted on a particular answer. I actually have stated that Yahoo solutions gray out those solutions that did not get carry of any votes the first time. because it really is with all solutions left in, balloting to break the tie can create yet another tie...and which could bypass on perpetually.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
i have broken many ties (created some also),
they used to have a link just to see unresolved questions...
i don't see it now?
i would go from Q to Q just voting, get 1 point, but what the heck, you only get 2 for answering,
it is hard to dig back into archives though
Source(s): i just looked at your questions... you only asked 8 and all are resolved except this one! - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- RACQUELLv 71 decade ago
When there are unresolved questions then they are kept in voting until there is a tie-breaker.
- ClaudeLv 61 decade ago
It will go 'unresolved/ un answered & you will receive back your 5 points. All those who participated will also get to keep their points.
Source(s): I think it goes like that - RustingLv 41 decade ago
They go to Question Purgatory and we have to say Hail Marys to get them out...
