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> As long as the answer is upvoted by enough people, it's accepted as the right one That's not correct; the questioner can accept any answer, the criteria is t
by jodrellblank 7y ago
> As long as the answer is upvoted by enough people, it's accepted as the right one
That's not correct; the questioner can accept any answer, the criteria is that the questioner chooses which answer helped them. There is no connection between votes and acceptance, no claim that "accepted" is endorsement by StackOverflow the company, by subject matter experts, or by "the community".