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Bob
Lv 7

How often do you read someones answer, and then look at their profile and wonder how they have such a high percentage of best answers?

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  • 2 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    No, not really. The way it generally works here is best answer is awared to the answer that most agrees with the asker's perceptions.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Never. I only visit a profile when it's obvious the question is trolling and I can see the line of questions that contradict themselves.

  • 2 years ago

    If you look at my profile you'll see it says I have 267% Best Answers. This is hte result of a glitch from a few months ago when my account was suspended for (as it turns out) no reason. When it was re-instated, my profile info said I had something like 500% BAs - obviously nonsense.

    The glitch seems to have been resolved and my BA figure drops a little every day. I expect it to reach my real figure in a month or so, which is more like 16 or 17%.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Probably about once a week or so.

    I don't actually look at the profile, but sometimes I notice that a person is consistently giving uninformative, garbage answers that require no thought. Then I hover over the picture and see a high percentage of best answers.

    It's puzzling until you realize that people here often don't want information, they just want to hear a certain answer. In those cases, whoever gives them the answer they find most agreeable gets best answer.

  • Sometimes I wonder how the hell mine is still at 15%. I mean have you seen some of mine?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I have a reputation for high quality answers. My % rose from a low of 11% several years ago to a solid 13% today.

    Others don’t try, or point game if they have a score below 5% or above 20% respectively.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Yes!!! Read the answers some canoe called Lucious Dinsmore posts. How anybody gives that idjit a b/a is a real mystery.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I do not do that at all

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Yes and no

    I can usually work it out

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Never. I don't care. If their answer isn't a violation, I don't bother to see what else they posted. If it is a violation, I report it. What user level or BA % anyone has isn't of interest to me.

  • 2 years ago

    Once every year or so. I have abouy 8% which feels low because I used to have 15?

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