Lack of threads marked as resolved

nrg_alpha

We've all seen it.. many posts that are resolved, yet many people still don't go throught the motions of flaging them as such.

This led me to wonder.. is it perhaps

a) some people simply are too new and are not aware of such a function? - or -
b) those who do know find it a slight hassle to do so..

In either case, I can understand we are creatures of lazy habit. Made me start thinking.. what if there was an additional 'Submit As Resolved' button available when posting? This could serve as a dual purpose. Submit the post into the thread AND at the same time, set the thread's status to resolved. Might actually increase resolved thread markings considerably, as both classification of users mentioned above would be more privy to it.

Something to consider.

Cheers,

NRG

nrg_alpha

bradgrafelman;10896853 wrote:
As for your question, I'm willing to bet it's a combination of option A and C: some people just forget about it.

There are many posters who have perhaps stumbled upon PHPBuilder from a search engine, register, and start a new thread with some problem they've run into. This isn't the normal message board where the majority of the community has been around for ages and everyone just "knows" the atmosphere; many registrations were immediately followed by a new thread/post because the person was looking for a solution.

You bring interesting points (that I have not thought of admittedly) to the discussion.

I just figured perhaps adding that extra posting functionality as a button along the rest of the posting buttons would make it harder to miss.. as I keep seeing resolved threads not being marked, which makes scanning / examining threads a little more 'disorganized', in the sense that some members may only be interested in seeing non-resolved threads (or the inverse). Not only that, I keep seeing mods (such as yourself by example) reminding people to flag their threads...

If people followed the 'resolved' mindset, it would make things easier on you mods by saving you the time of having to constantly remind people, and make thread selections more concise.