Hi @oldturkey03 ,
I very rarely moderate someone else’s answer as the Chosen Solution, especially when I’m not familiar enough with the device to do so. The same with upvoting as I feel that it gives credence to an answer, where for all I know it may not be correct and it may cause more harm than good.
I stick mainly to dealing with the more obvious spam and off topic questions/answers/comments and redirecting comments as new questions etc.
I do upvote answers where I am familiar with the device and the answer is a lot more than just plausible and has supporting documentation etc.
My working life taught me that with electronic/electrical devices there can be more than one cause for the same devices having faults exhibiting the same symptoms. It would be nice if it was the same cause every time ;-)
Even if the OP verified that my answer was correct and solved the problem for them, but hasn’t accepted it (maybe doesn’t know how to or just didn’t for whatever reason?), accepting my own answer would seem arrogant.
I’ve had plenty of comments by other users to my answers that haven’t been accepted by the OP where it has helped them and that‘s enough for me, especially if they’ve read through any follow up comments I made to the answer in trying to solve the problem. To me it means that they’re prepared to do some work towards fixing their problem by reading the entire post and not just expect it to be handed to them on a plate or dismiss the initial answer as “tried that, didn’t work”.
Being judge, jury and executioner doesn’t sit to well with me so I tend to be a bit cautious in my approach.
Cheers
