<p>I have at least one question that I'm the only person to provide an answer to. </p>

<p>I haven't accepted my own answer. (I couldn't see the point, to be honest, obviously I think it answers the question, and - in the absence of any other answers - it's the best of the answers that answer the question, there's no need to signal that.)</p>

<p>However, it occurs to me that maybe that is a problem from the point of view of making the "questions with no accepted answers" rate worse (and my own acceptance rate, come to think of it).</p>

<p>So I suppose I have a three-part question, though answers to any portion will be of interest:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>As a general principle, should you accept your own answers in order not to make the accepted answer rate lower?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there any other reason to accept your own answer?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there any reason you should avoid accepting your own answer?</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>Edit: I note that there's an additional delay on accepting your own answer to give other answers a chance to be accepted. In this case any such interval is long past. </p>
