Best Responses?

Hello CoffeeAnyone! You are right that sometimes, no response seem to be the "right one" or simply the best to be given the honor of 'best response', yet I think that we should honor the participation of the members and should convey them a message that their participation was appreciated. I can see your difficulty about choosing a best response, I had the same problem. I would just share, How I deal with it, to make the job easy for me: If my discussion is on philosophical, theological, psychological or social issues or similar issues, I try to see who has put maximum thought into the post. I also see that who is rather getting involved in 'discussion' rather than just question and Answer session. If it is asking for information, I see that who has provided with most accurate, workable and practical information about the subject. If it is about help, I see that who has given finest details such that the job that I intended to get done with that help becomes most clear and easiest for me. Like for example, in your 'cake recipes' case, I would see that which responder provided the step by step detail of how I am going to do it to get it done. That is to say that who has provided with a recipe that leaves no ambiguity and makes it easy to work on. Having said all that, I still feel that it's not an easy job especially when there are many quality responses. It becomes difficult for me then and I have to really organize my decision process to make it on merit. Best of luck!:-)

I hate choosind a best response at the best of times, some are great and well thought out, some are funny, and some just make the mind boggle...I tend to just go through them all and it depends on my mood to which one I choose..

It can be hard at times, but I go for who seemed to put the most into their post. Not who agreed with me, but who really was trying to be part of the discussion and not just rake up points. Even at that it can be really frustrating picking just one. I so wish we could pick more or at least a runner up, LOL.