Best answer help suggestion

[The Stealthinator]

I am posting this suggestion mainly to the mods and admins to see.

I highly think it's a good idea if the checkbox "Request solutions to this Question (not a discussion)" was already pre-selected. Because this way many users are missing out on recieving best answers for problems they do solve, as new users don't know the difference.

Another option would be to have a more clear option saying "question thread" or "discussion thread" that the user has to select before the thread gets created.

 

[justinblue]

The Stealthinator,

You, Joe and myself all agree on that. The current way doesn't make sense. I think this is going to be changed very soon.

Thanks for the suggestion!
Justin

 

[jpishgar]

This is currently customized on a per subforum basis. You'll notice that some forum subcategories have different text designating whether or not the new thread should be considered a Question type, or a Discussion type, based on where the post is being made.

 

[justinblue]

Hey Joe,

The default is this though: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/new_thread.htm That is if I go to the main forum page and click ask. I don't think the default should be a discussion. On specific forums, it makes sense, but I think it should default to a question type with specific forum overrides.

Justin

 

[jpishgar]

Aha, from the main forum page. Looks like that wasn't changed when the others had their defaults altered. I'll add this to the request list for the developers to take a look at. The default type should definitely be Question.