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I've noticed that some posters answer their own question and give themselves points.
How/Why is this allowed?
This would artificially inflate ones standing in the community.
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It is allowed to mark your own replies as 'correct' or 'helpful' as they might actually be so, but you don't get any points from them - you can only get points from correct or helpful on other people's threads.
It is allowed to mark your own replies as 'correct' or 'helpful' as they might actually be so, but you don't get any points from them - you can only get points from correct or helpful on other people's threads.
Hello:
If a person awards themselves a helped or solved, the indicators appear (yellow or green stars), but NO points are awarded.
Barry
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Message was edited by: Barry Hemphill
No solved and or helpfuls you give to yourself do not affect your points total.
It is useful in some cases to mark a post of yours as solving or helping your question. Lets say after posting you discover the answer on your own. By posting what you found and marking it as solved you help people who come along later with the same problem and you also keep folk from spending time replying to your post.
Ah! I should have known you couldn't give yourself points.
And now I've demonstrated how the system works by giving you some points!
I've noticed that some posters answer their own question and give themselves points.
They cannot give themselves points - you want receive any points if you mark your own post, but they can mark their own answer as correct or helpful, if they solved their own problem. This will close the thread, and will help others to find the solution, that is why this is allowed.
Regards
Léonie
And one can give out 1 solved and 2 helpfuls.
Otherwise I would give everyone who responded some points for their help.
The early bird does get the worm in this case. 🙂
Thanks all!
You are welcome!
And cheers to the "early bird"! Enjoy your worm!
But are you sure this species of birds feeds on worms? I thought they would prefer krill or fish 👿
Cheers
Léonie
Krill - I don't think that a penguin would know what to do with a worm 🙂
I've found a bug in the way Apple sends you email notifications of replies to one's thread.
The message contains the hyperlinks to award the poster points even though all helpful and solved points have already been awarded.
But the links are gray and don't work, aren't they? When I actually try these links, they will just take me to post, but don't award point.
The links are live.
They take you to the thread; no points awarded.
But they shouldn't be there if no points are available to be awarded.
But they shouldn't be there if no points are available to be awarded.
You are perfectly right, Michael.
But that is a question of timing.
Regards
Léonie
The email I just received from your most recent post (the one I'm replying to) has active links to award points.
It's a bug.
It's a bug.
it is! 😎 Send Feedback to Apple.
Umm,
Yellow and green Stars ?
Current icons Helpful Points 
or Correct 
10:38 PM Friday; June 1, 2012
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Giving yourself points...
