What is Unanswered questions tab [duplicate]

Question

today I was surfing the site while I caught upto a tab.

But the questions there are already answered.

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What do actually mean by Unanswered Question?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 18:30:10Z

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None of the answers have upvotes, or have been accepted by the OP.

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answered Dec 10, 2013 at 18:20

user102937

So answers have to be voted up in case to be counted as an answer for a post. Why is it so?!
– Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:21
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Because upvotes (in theory) demonstrate that an answer is useful.
– user102937
Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:22
Oh, so only usefull answers are counted?! :)
– Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:22
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That's right. Unanswered questions are questions that have no "useful" answers yet.
– user102937
Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:23
No, @AfzaalAhmadZeeshan, answers do not need to upvoted; questions with an accepted (possible zero or negatively scored) answer are considered answered as well.
– Arjan
Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:28
So if I add your answer to his, it would be like any answer that helps a user is considered as an answer otherwise it is just a post! This would be the joint answer then?! @Arjan
– Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:31
Pretty much. Note that I did edit my answer to incorporate his insight.
– user102937
Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:32

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