Timeline for Why are late answers allowed?
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| Jul 20, 2012 at 10:40 | comment | added | martineau | I've personally found some "late answers" useful, for instance when they mention some new language or OS feature that didn't exist when the question was asked. I've also written one or two where I've simply generalized the solution which generally takes longer than develop (and test!) than the ones more quickly made. I don't think anything with the current system is broken and in need of fixing. | |
| Jun 11, 2011 at 16:53 | comment | added | paradd0x | @Kyle Indeed, the current system works, and with good mods and users reviewing and flagging appropriately, things work. Just needed some clarification on that matter. | |
| Jun 11, 2011 at 9:33 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | As a recent example, Apple will finally allow multi-user remote desktop via VNC in the upcoming version of OS X. @Arjan added a very late answer to a topic asking for something just like that. | |
| Jun 10, 2011 at 22:59 | comment | added | barlop | You missed out "from the side of people looking for questions with good answers".. It's a rather important "side" | |
| Jun 10, 2011 at 14:02 | vote | accept | paradd0x | ||
| Jun 10, 2011 at 7:48 | comment | added | slhck | @Randolf I was exactly thinking about these situations, thanks for explaining! | |
| Jun 10, 2011 at 2:27 | comment | added | Randolf Richardson | "When" an answer is submitted shouldn't be used as a means of judging its quality. | |
| Jun 10, 2011 at 1:13 | comment | added | Randolf Richardson | When I first started using this system, I tried to answer a question. It was very frustrating for me because the system was rejecting an answer I had put quite a bit of time and effort into answering. So, out of frustration I posted my answer as a question, and then I found out that the question had been closed. I think there should also be a grace period after closing where a moderator gets to review answers before they appear to everyone so that good answer aren't lost (I think that sometimes an answer can still be useful for a seemingly bad question that was closed). | |
| Jun 9, 2011 at 23:18 | comment | added | Kirk | I'd agree with this. Why rule out the possibility of a better answer just to avoid potential bad answers. As long as a late answer can be flagged, the it seems like the system should still work. | |
| Jun 9, 2011 at 21:14 | history | answered | slhck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |