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I answered a popular-ish Ruby on Rails question in 2014 and it's still 3 votes shy from overtaking the outdated top answer from 2009. I don't even know if my an
by arp242 3y ago
I answered a popular-ish Ruby on Rails question in 2014 and it's still 3 votes shy from overtaking the outdated top answer from 2009. I don't even know if my answer is the best today because I haven't done Rails in years.
I definitely think this is a major pain point in the platform. I don't think that doing away with duplicates is the answer – instead there should be a way to downrank outdated stuff. Or something. I think they were experimenting with some approaches, but I haven't really been active in the last few years.