Timeline for A frame challege answer was deleted — "does not answer the question"
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| Jun 12, 2020 at 13:47 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 11, 2019 at 6:02 | comment | added | trlkly | "Flagging is an alternative to downvoting and commenting." No, it most certainly is not. I know someone already said this, but I wish to emphasize it. Such thinking is dangerous. Flagging is a way to get the attention of moderators--whether human or automatic. It is something to be used when a post (Question/Answer/comment) violates the rules. Saying to flag instead of downvoting and commenting is like saying to call the cops rather than try to work out a problem among yourselves. If flags become super-downvotes, the whole system breaks, making 3/5 dissatisfied posters enough to delete. | |
| Sep 4, 2019 at 13:42 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | @gronostaj It may have made good points but it wasn't answering the question as posted. | |
| Sep 4, 2019 at 11:18 | comment | added | gronostaj | @Bob I feel like downvoting OP's answer would be inappropriate, it was actually a good piece of advice. Downvoting indicates that the answer is plain wrong, misleading etc. In this case I'd even consider upvoting, as the answer made a good point. | |
| Sep 2, 2019 at 1:22 | comment | added | Bob | See also, previous discussions of how NAA should be used, especially meta.superuser.com/questions/4735/…. | |
| Sep 2, 2019 at 1:13 | comment | added | Bob | Flagging should never be an alternative to downvoting; downvoting is a community process while flagging/deletion ends up being a unilateral decision that should only be reserved for the more egregious cases. Anything with an element of doubt (e.g. this situation, where it does attempt to solve the problem even if not by answering the literal question) should be left to voting, not to deletion. | |
| Aug 28, 2019 at 19:07 | history | answered | DavidPostillMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |