mobieusKnow Best answers and helpful votes History #112
Author
Patrick Bass
Submitted
Jun 6, 2026 6:37am
Reviewed
Jun 6, 2026 6:37am
Summary
Publish Best answers and helpful votes
+ # Best answers and helpful votes
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Mobieus forums work like a good Q&A board: the person who started a thread can mark the reply that solved it, and everyone can vote the replies that helped most.
## Mark a best answer
+ If you started a thread, you'll see **Mark as best answer** on each reply. Pick one — it pins to the top of the thread, right under your question, so the next person who lands there sees the solution first. Changed your mind? Mark a different reply, or click it again to clear it. (Admins can also set a best answer.)
If you started a thread, you'll see **Mark as best answer** on each reply. Pick one and it pins to the top of the thread, right under your question, so the next person who lands there sees the solution first. Changed your mind? Mark a different reply, or click it again to clear it. (Admins can also set a best answer.)
When you mark a reply as best, its author gets a notification, a credit bonus, and progress toward their best-answer recognition.
## Vote the most helpful replies
Anyone can vote replies up. The most helpful answers rise, so quality rises with them. One vote per reply; click again to take it back.
## Why it matters
Best answers turn a thread into a lasting reference. Newcomers searching your community find the solution at a glance instead of reading twenty replies.

Best answers and helpful votes

Mobieus forums work like a good Q&A board: the person who started a thread can mark the reply that solved it, and everyone can vote the replies that helped most.

Mark a best answer

If you started a thread, you'll see Mark as best answer on each reply. Pick one — it pins to the top of the thread, right under your question, so the next person who lands there sees the solution first. Changed your mind? Mark a different reply, or click it again to clear it. (Admins can also set a best answer.)

When you mark a reply as best, its author gets a notification, a credit bonus, and progress toward their best-answer recognition.

Vote the most helpful replies

Anyone can vote replies up. The most helpful answers rise, so quality rises with them. One vote per reply; click again to take it back.

Why it matters

Best answers turn a thread into a lasting reference. Newcomers searching your community find the solution at a glance instead of reading twenty replies.

# Best answers and helpful votes

Mobieus forums work like a good Q&A board: the person who started a thread can mark the reply that solved it, and everyone can vote the replies that helped most.

## Mark a best answer

If you started a thread, you'll see **Mark as best answer** on each reply. Pick one — it pins to the top of the thread, right under your question, so the next person who lands there sees the solution first. Changed your mind? Mark a different reply, or click it again to clear it. (Admins can also set a best answer.)

When you mark a reply as best, its author gets a notification, a credit bonus, and progress toward their best-answer recognition.

## Vote the most helpful replies

Anyone can vote replies up. The most helpful answers rise, so quality rises with them. One vote per reply; click again to take it back.

## Why it matters

Best answers turn a thread into a lasting reference. Newcomers searching your community find the solution at a glance instead of reading twenty replies.