I belatedly read this interesting forum and it is indeed relevant to my own irritations and concerns about the quality of the Kudoz glossary.
Often I am really vexed by an improbable choice by the Asker. Especially when he/she just counted the number of "agrees" without realizing that subsequently another answer was given that had not (yet) the chance to be blessed with peer agrees.
On occasion I really felt the urge to react. So far I found a way to air my frustration by phrasing a question that in fact veils my indignation. Asking a question to the Asker is completely legitimate, is not it?
On the other hand, I do feel that as soon as a question is thrown to the community it becomes a community affair and not a one-way process without the Asker having the moral if not a formal obligation to justify his choice, and at the same time being protected by all kinds of rules. After all, he is asking an effort and commitment on the part of the community to deal with his question.
Sometimes I even suspect that an Asker is rejecting an answer for a personal reason but nevertheless uses it while favouring another answer with points.
Kudoz should be elevated to an intellectual level and not be a free for all quiz. Very restrictive is the space in the neutral/agree/disagree box to enable a proper dialogue.
Another rule I should like to see in place is that Answerers only stick to their expertise and do not confuse the already unsure Asker with undue 'advice' , 'agrees' or 'disagrees'. Proper software should even disable such Answerers giving advice in a given situation.
Kim Metzger wrote:
But they are against the rules, Heike. According to the rules, which are strictly enforced by some moderators, we are only allowed to use the ask-the-asker box for seeking clarification of the question, i.e. asking for more context, for example.
Rule 3.7 prohibits any kind of comment anywhere that seeks to give the asker advice, whether it's worded politely or not. That's why I'm asking for an authorized way to communicate with askers.
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