Timeline for Is it okay to ask the OP to accept the answer?
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| Sep 16, 2012 at 5:12 | comment | added | Stephan Lehmke | @AlanMunn Good point. That's the explanation I have been waiting for ;-) So there is a tradeoff. | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 0:38 | comment | added | Noble P. Abraham | @AlanMunn That exactly is the point. | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 23:51 | comment | added | Alan Munn | Too early acceptance is not necessarily a good thing, since it can diminish the incentive to others to provide an alternative answer. (Not because they want the votes, but because if the problem appears has been solved they could use their time more wisely on some other question.) Also, for the occasional user of the site, I suspect that accepting a different answer is quite rare. | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 11:12 | comment | added | Stephan Lehmke | @NobleP.Abraham The comment by the OP, "That looks nice! And I learned quite a bit." seems to suggest otherwise. Furthermore, I'd suggest you read again the comment you linked to. Summarizing it with "asks him to accept it" does not seem to do it justice at all. | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 10:12 | comment | added | Noble P. Abraham | For the specific case in the first link given in discussion. The answer was not in the way the OP wanted; and the answerer is suggesting the OP to follow his suggestion. And then asks him to accept it. The OP might have his own reasons for requesting a particular solution. Note, later the second answer, clearly shows the solution exactly as the OP has shown. | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 8:47 | history | answered | Stephan Lehmke | CC BY-SA 3.0 |