Can select best answer for other forum posts??

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Hey everyone,

For some reason I now have the option to select “best answer” for any post I view. I noticed it on this page: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3877006/purchase-build.html and clicked s random answer to test it. I tried it on another post and it worked as well. These aren’t my posts, so I shouldn’t be able to select the best answer- right?

If the mods could please revoke this, I shouldn’t be able to do this. Thanks XD

 

[Supahos]

Everyone can do it.

 

[USAFRet]

Hey everyone,

For some reason I now have the option to select “best answer” for any post I view. I noticed it on this page: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3877006/purchase-build.html and clicked s random answer to test it. I tried it on another post and it worked as well. These aren’t my posts, so I shouldn’t be able to select the best answer- right?

If the mods could please revoke this, I shouldn’t be able to do this. Thanks XD

You've been granted that superpower, because you now have sufficient Best Answer given to you by other people.

However, you mostly do not use it:
1. If the thread originator has chosen an answer you leave it alone, period.
2. If you come across an obviously abandoned thread (2 or more months old) with no chosen answer you may choose one.
3. If you come across a thread with an answer that is obviously wrong, or a better one exists, you may change it, unless the answer was chosen by the thread originator, in which case you abide by rule #1.
4. You do not choose/remove an answer in an active thread unless you are the thread originator.
5. Do not use multiple accounts to award best answers to one another. You will be permanently banned for this.

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Ah ok! Thanks!