What is the Use/function of Vote feature in Forum?

[shuvo_va]

Recently I noticed a new vote feature with each question. I would like to know the correct usage of this voting feature.

 

[uk1000]

It's used so people can vote up the answer(s) that they think best answer the question (ie. that provide the most accurate answer) and also so they can vote down answer(s) they think are incorrect or maybe below average. 

Edited January 9 by uk1000

[Kesha]

Hi @shuvo_va! The purpose of this is for users to be able to vote on the best, most valuable answer. The one with the most votes will be shown on top. 

[catwriter]

In addition to what @uk1000 said, the idea is that the best replies get upvoted to the top of the page, while the nonsense like "be active on the forum and never sleep again and share on social media all the time, and you'll get tons of work" gets pushed down to the bottom.

[roger1127]

Good day everyone:

This is just a petty query I guess, but out of curiosity, I'm just simply asking for a brief clarification, if what does "vote" is all about? Or what's it's significance in relation to the question we raised?

Thanks a lot!

[roger1127]

Good day everyone:

I have to change my previous question.

In asking questions here in forum, what does "vote" signifies?

Or what merit or demerit, as the case may be could we get out of that vote?

Thank you!

[kawsar_log]

It worked well, as seen by the voting mechanism, which allows us to quickly identify the most popular questions and answers within the community! It just works similarly to Quora, StackOverflow, and other platforms.

We can easily Identify The Best Question and Solution with a Voting System!