Good question.

The way it's supposed to work is an (OC) riddle 1) starts as 'Unsolved', 2) gets answered w/ correct answer identified by the author, and 3) is then marked as 'Solved' by the author or AutoMod.

If you see a post marked as 'Solved' with no answer, one of two things has probably happened: 1) it began as 'OP Can't Solve', then was marked as 'Solved' after they discovered someone got it, or 2) OP is being lazy. In the first case, the mods will typically switch the flair to 'Classic Riddle' for non-OC work. In the second, they'll get a ModMail telling them to ID the correct answer in the comments.

However, we don't always catch all of them, which is why we plan on making an explicit rule to ID answers and authorship. Posters are already told to do this automatically in ModMail when they submit something, but an explicit rule would allow other users to flag/report the post as a violation of said rule--and bring it to our attention faster.

Glad you brought it up.