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A typical pattern I've repeatedly seen in various shapes and forms: Q: [very explicit title about F in context X] I'm specifically not asking about F in cont
by lloeki 3y ago
A typical pattern I've repeatedly seen in various shapes and forms:
Q: [very explicit title about F in context X] I'm specifically not asking about F in context Y which I know about but is irrelevant; I'm specifically not asking about libT which may accept it in accordance with standard U; instead, in context X, is F working for libS?
A1 [100+] [+50 bounty] [auto-accepted] [date d]: "it works" + long winded answer about decontextualised substring of F proposition working for libS in context Y
Comment 1: this is not the correct answer, see A15
Comment 2: complaint that A15 note about U is from a second hand site so answer is warrant of discredit [even though authoritative docs about U are not publicly available]
A2 through A7 [30+]: "it works" (rehash of A1, posted within d+[1..365])
A8 [30+]: Q is a dupe, see this answer [link to question and answer about libS in context Y]
A9 through A14 [30+]: "it works" (gives example for libT, which behaves differently)
A14 through A17 [30+]: "it works" (gives example of standard U, which libS does not comply with)
A15 [5] [d+5]: Q being explicit about F for libS in context X and explicitly _not_ about context Y, let's address it for libS in context X: *it does not work* because foo (link to libS doc || source code || example). Tangent for the sake of completeness, context X is irrelevant because bar is orthogonal to foo + context Y. standard U does not apply because libS is not compliant [quote or link about U]
Comment 1: this is the correct answer
Comment 2 [d+1095]: answer is invalid because libS vN+1 has just been released and adds F in context X
A16+ [<0]: completely haphazard lottery answers
- the_af 3y ago> A1 [100+] [+50 bounty] [auto-accepted] I don't think SO "auto accepts" answers. The only one who can do that is the original asker, manually. See: https://stackoverflow.com/help/accepted-answer https://stackoverflow.com/help/accepted-answer On meta.so this has been asked repeatedly and the consensus is that no, it cannot be done and furthermore, "accepted" doesn't mean "the best", it just means whatever the original asker marked as helpful for their situation, so "auto-accepting" would be meaningless. Also see: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/262915/147346 https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/262915/147346 As for upvotes: if a question is upvoted that means the community upvoted it. The "community" in SO is just regular people, programmers both knowledgeable and newbie. I don't know that any "open access" platform can solve the problem of people upvoting the "wrong" answers; it's not a tech problem. It happens here on HN, too!