Have you ever wondered why you can’t accept your own answer on Stack Overflow? If so, you’re not alone.
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words; here’s what I just did to one of my own questions:
Before:
After:
Hey, look at that, I just accepted my own answer!
Now, there are some special rules around owner-accepted answers, to prevent gaming:
I was initially very much against this, but several commenters in the Why Can’t I Accept My Own Answer? post convinced me that, with a few rule tweaks, it could work. As you can see on a question I myself asked, sometimes you really have no other option than to close the loop yourself, and it’s nice to be able to do so by accepting your own answer. …