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My pet Stack Overflow annoyance: the number of questions that have highly voted confidently incorrect answers or (perhaps worse?) answers that do work, but not
by jrmg 4y ago
My pet Stack Overflow annoyance: the number of questions that have highly voted confidently incorrect answers or (perhaps worse?) answers that do work, but not for the reason in the confidently incorrect explanation that follows the ‘what to do’ part of the answer.
- yxwvut 4y agoI feel like this is particularly bad for python Q+A on SO. At least it's not as bad as Quora where the top answer is invariably a grandiose answer to a different question than was asked or an excuse for some bullshit 'heartwarming' anecdote that answers nothing.
- suzzer99 4y agoWay more often than not it seems like the first few answers are either wrong, overly complicated, or advanced RTFM posts with massive upvotes. Meanwhile the 3rd or 4th answer with modest upvotes is actually the succinct correct answer.