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Thinking the accepted answer is the "right" answer is a common mistake made by people who aren't aware of how Stack Overflow works. >Accepting an answer is not
by shawn_w 3y ago
Thinking the accepted answer is the "right" answer is a common mistake made by people who aren't aware of how Stack Overflow works.
>Accepting an answer is not meant to be a definitive and final statement indicating that the question has now been answered perfectly. It simply means that the author received an answer that worked for them personally.
https://stackoverflow.com/help/accepted-answer https://stackoverflow.com/help/accepted-answer
- mtlguitarist 3y agoOkay but is this a failure of the user or an unintuitive UX? We can't just expect to pass cognitive burden onto users in a million places. UI affordances and conventions exist for a reason.
- renewiltord 3y agoI imagine that's what causes the confusion. The big green check is a Q&A site model ("this worked for me") but the site is intended as a documentation site ("this is how you do it"). It's a bit strange to have one question closed as a duplicate of another one that has an answer that only worked for the other question asker.