I think that would be the way to do it. Leave everything as-is by default, but add a way to flag your older post as "Not Yet Solved" to get it to pop to the top of the stack again. Maybe a condition would be an 'Update' to explain why the answers had not solved the problem.

For most nodes this would not be used at all. It would also avoid any issues with a post where the author never comes back. These would just fall off the 'newest nodes' and front page as normal.

But someone actively watching the replies and looking for an answer would be able to raise their hand again to get some attention.

I know people sometimes go for a few days without checking PerlMonks and a question they could answer can go by the wayside without them seeing it. Plus, some of the more knowledgeable monks could cruise the 'not yet solved' nodes as a sort of challenge.

In reply to Re^2: Making happy nodes by cbrandtbuffalo
in thread Making happy nodes by artist

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