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My "Best Answers" are NOT Counting in the Total # Tally on my Profile Page!!.....?

The last several times that I have had an answer chosen as the "Best Answer" for a question, it has NOT shown up as "Counting" in the TOTAL Number of My Best Answers on My Profile Page. Why are my Best Answers NOT Counting?

I just received another one, & it didn't count either! This makes several now that I am SURE that I have NOT been given Credit for!!

It seems to be completely stuck on 202 no matter how many more emails I receive notifying me of my answers being chosen as "Best" Answers!!

This is really taking away a LOT of points from me; plus my "Best Answer" awards!

I tried to contact Y!A help, but as y'all know, that's a joke! I'm still trying to find out why I can't edit my answers after posting them... & that question was asked on the Suggestion Board months ago.

Please help, because I'm tired of LOSING POINTS!!

Thanks for any assistance!! ♥♥Diana♥♥

Update:

Thanks to all who have taken the time to answer this question for me! I'm getting some encouraging replies!! I just wanted to say that I can't understand the "Thumbs-Downs" that *some* of you are getting...

I hope that the "Powers-that-Be" will get this glitch fixed very soon because it's really discouraging, & has made me truly feel like giving up even trying! As papaw said, I think they're worried more about "upgrading," which is seeming to be doing nothing but screwing up everything in the entire system instead of upgrading anything... That it's time they stopped messing with that for a while, & paid attention to what REALLY needs taken care of on here!!

Update 2:

Whatever they've done/doing, has done nothing but cause complete disaster throughout Y!A, & it's been going on now for what, over 2 weeks!! I haven't even had the heart to do much on Y!A because...

Yep! I might be selfish as one poster hinted at... But, I DO like to be REWARDED for ALL the MANY, MANY HOURS I spend working on Y!A!!

I joined the Tie-Busters Group, & have really enjoyed spending additional hours on here helping Y!A clear *Their* server, & HELPING Members FINALLY get Their Best Answer awards that have been Hanging out there, sometimes for up to 2 years... But, this has taken me away from so much of my Other duties, & work, but I enjoyed it... Plus, ALL the extra points I was earning, it was a great reward for me personally...

But, now that I'm NOT receiving ALL my Well-Deserved Points I've Worked SO hard for... I'm feeling, what's the use!!

Update 3:

BTW! As of today, Friday, 10 July 2009, my points have NOT been credited yet!

Update 4:

I feel like Mountain Justice is the only thing left for me to do to get this straightened out! I've done everything else I can think of... Including *TRYING* to get help from the Powers-that-Be at Y!A, who I thought, were supposed to be there to help us w/ALL things like this!!

Hi Captain!! Hi back to ya' Crake , missed ya' son!!

Thanks again for all your postings!

Another glitch right NOW on this page for me!! NONE of my Thumbs-Up or...Downs...lol! Naw!! Are showing!!

The mods on here NEED to STOP WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE DOING TO *IMPROVE* the SYSTEM! & GET the "Old" System BACK ON TRACK, & WORKING CORRECTLY!!

This is bull-dookey!!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    ~_~.

    Hi Diana!!

    I, too have not been credited {robbed} points on a total of 13 Answers of mine! I should have received 90 points before last Sunday's Grand Total, & 40 there after. This upset me, as it placed me at a lower ranking on Leaderboard. THAT is part of the AWARDS that you speak of. CORRECT?

    As a fellow TieBuster....Another Reward or Award I'm sure you're referring to is, EVERY SINGLE POINT Brings you 1 step closer to becoming a LEVEL 6, thus giving you 100 Votes per day to Vote for Best Answer. OR NO Best Answer, as the case could possibly be. wink!

    SO, I understand WHAT YOU MEAN when you say AWARD! HECK! The time and effort YOU put into YOUR Answers, IMO deserve an AWARD of there own!!

    PLUS..It Just a Matter of Your Dedication Being Recognized. Some of the Advice and/or Opinions You/We Shell Out to Members Here, Others, Out There are Sitting at a Desk Being Paid a Salary For. Right!?

    In 1 of the answers above me, a gal mentions having Faith in the Yahoo Gods or something like that...Well, THAT Is what I am doing, I have seen stranger things happen, So let's just hope that by the end of this Sunday's Tally, we Both get the points AWARDED to us.

    AS For the "EDIT" Issue..Is it that you CAN NOT or that you Aren't Sure How it's done? If you need, please send me an email and I would be happy to help you out there. Either that or, I WILL Check back to see IF you opt for Additional Details, K!?

    I have Starred your Question with the hope that others will come and assist you with this matter. Well, help US.

    Love ya!! heart heart Lillsoma heart heart

    __________________ ~_~.

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  • Crake
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Hi Belle. I been away, but I'm glad to be back.

    I have no ideas on how to help at all. But I'm giving the Q a star (don't know if that gives you points, be nice if it did).

    This is an interesting question and so are the answers. I never knew people really cared, much, about best answers and point and such. Very interesting, especially in such an environment. It seems clear that people vote for themselves and that there is there no one there to catch them. So there's no way to who's earned their rank and who just cheated. What's the fun of being high ranked if it's not earned. And how can you accept a lower ranking than a cheater has? Maybe I should post some questions. Gotta think about it, see if I care that much.

    Again, good question.

    Crake

  • papaw
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    They eventually will. This is just another slolw quirk of yahoo. they spend so much time trying to "upgrade" that they can't keep up with repairing all the glitches they cause. Currently when I answer a question, most of the time it doesn't register, or the total percentages add up to more than 100% or mi answer reads zero percent. But I seem to be getting full credit by the time the BA posts.

  • 1 decade ago

    Why do you worry about this, there is no reward for answering questions. People have a compeitive edge in them so they create a point system to keep you in the loop of continuing this madness of answering and hoping you get a 'best answer'. It's up to the person asking the question anyways to pick the best answer, but it's not like it really matters in the scheme of our daily life. At least I hope it doesn't.

    Haven't heard from you in awhile, but as always I am busy with caretaking my son, and just surviving the cold weather that is still here.

    I am guessing summer will come in August for a bit, as did last year.

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  • 5 years ago

    No I did not know Elric so not going to give star going to send this and try it on your question if it does not come up your fault ha hax EDIT: Did it woot woot I sometimes star before I answer then at end click it again forgetting I did it and then it takes it off did you know that one too? lol

  • canam
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It seems YA has one problem or another on a regular basis. Eventually they fix it and things reset. Eventually you will get credit for your best answers.

  • 1 decade ago

    You just have to trust that the Yahoo Technical gods will eventually fix the program.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is just another glitch. I think you will find in time that your numbers will catch up. My tallies are always wrong when I first log on and then after a few answers they catch up. ;-)

  • 1 decade ago

    It's time for some "Mountain Justice".....:o))

    When all else fails......

    Howdy ...Belle.....:o))

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Gremlins :)

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