I don''t know if you guys wrote your own message board software or just used some pre-written stuff, but I was wondering if it would be possible to add a set of radio buttons to the message posting screen that basically allow you to select if the post is a "question", an "answer", or "comment"... The reason is that people look towards the people with "Zealot" and such on their name to get answers... If someone got that ranking simply because they ask a lot of questions, they probably wouldn''t be too helpful (not that asking a lot of questions is a bad thing -- it''s the only way to learn). However, if that ranking was based upon the number of answers they gave, then it''s more likely that someone with a Zealot ranking will be better able to answer questions. Just an idea. -Chris ---<<>>--- Chris Rouillard Software Engineer crouilla@hotmail.com

Hmmmm... that''s a decent idea, but I really don''t think it matters too much, since you normally will get more than one reply to your post if you are asking a question. Because of that, I don''t reall know if it''s really worth anyone''s time to change it, but if they want to it''d be fine.

Oh yeah, one more thing: if someone for some really strange reason wanted to post questions but still increase their rank (why?) all they would have to do would be call it an answer. Just a thought.

If you code it, they will come...

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I prefer to read the actual post (or parts of it if so) to find out if it''s a question or an answer and if it''s worth...eh...reading...although, I try stay away from posts like the Hasbro suit post to be able to keep my job.

There are actually a question mark icon and an exclamation icon if you look.

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