What exactly is the new "Recommended apple logo" that is now appearing on posted answers?

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What exactly is the new "Recommended apple logo" that is now appearing on posted answers?

For the last few weeks, many of my and other's posted answers that have not been reacted to within a day or two by the original poster are updated with a copy of the answer under the original question with a green border, like the "solved" category, but marked "Recommended" with an Apple logo in grey. No points are awarded. What does this really mean?

It is common for the original poster not to react for longer than two days but now if they see the new "Recommended " label I imagine that they are unlikely to flag the reply as helpful or solved.

I seem to remember that there was an announcement about this but I was unable to find it.

Geoff.

Mac Pro (Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Apr 28, 2015 2:53 AM

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King_Penguin

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Apr 28, 2015 3:27 AM in response to GeeD

Posts with 'recommended' against them have been marked as such by the Community Specialists on here - this is the announcement thread : Introducing Apple Recommends, Manage Subscriptions, and This Helped Me

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GeeD Author

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Apr 28, 2015 3:44 AM in response to King_Penguin

Thanks for the link King_Penguin - how did you find it? I find the communities website very hard to search effectively.

As I thought I remembered he link says:

"...... Apple Recommends also lets you earn reputation points for sharing your knowledge. If a Specialist recommends your post, you will receive 5 points in addition to any points you receive from other community members......"

I have never received any points for recommended replies. Nor has any original poster ever awarded any points after a post of mine has got the "recommended" treatment (though apparently they can still do so).

Of course, I don't respond just to collect points but to help fellow users. Nevertheless it is rather demotivating if one gets no recognition at all.

Geoff.

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King_Penguin

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Apr 28, 2015 4:51 AM in response to GeeD

To find it I did a search on google for 'Apple recommends' (it's sometimes easier to search using the internet, not directly on this site).

For the points, they aren't currently being added for being recommended, it's still only the OP who can give points via the helpful and solved.

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GeeD Author

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Apr 28, 2015 4:56 AM in response to King_Penguin

So the announcement is in fact incorrect, or at least premature and in the meantime is discouraging members from bothering to spend time trying to help.

Pity.

Geoff.

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