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There's actually some value in keeping wrong answers around, as long as they're visibly wrong.

But comments are already a bit of a distraction - keeping worthless or outright harmful ones tacked onto a post is a luxury.

So you have a few options:

1. reply, noting the error (so the author can delete it or correct it).
2. flag it, noting the error (so a moderator can delete it, or the system itself if enough folks flag)
3. both 1 and 2

Note that up-votes counter flags to a certain degree (at least when it comes to automatic deletion). See also: How does comment voting and flagging work?

There's actually some value in keeping wrong answers around, as long as they're visibly wrong.

But comments are already a bit of a distraction - keeping worthless or outright harmful ones tacked onto a post is a luxury.

So you have a few options:

1. reply, noting the error (so the author can delete it or correct it).
2. flag it, noting the error (so a moderator can delete it, or the system itself if enough folks flag)
3. both 1 and 2

Note that up-votes counter flags to a certain degree (at least when it comes to automatic deletion). See also: How does comment voting and flagging work?

There's actually some value in keeping wrong answers around, as long as they're visibly wrong.  

But comments are already a bit of a distraction - keeping worthless or outright harmful ones tacked onto a post is a luxury.  

So you have a few options:  

1. reply, noting the error (so the author can delete it or correct it).
2. flag it, noting the error (so a moderator can delete it, or the system itself if enough folks flag)
3. both 1 and 2

Note that up-votes counter flags to a certain degree (at least when it comes to automatic deletion). See also: How do comment voting and flagging work?

There's actually some value in keeping wrong answers around, as long as they're visibly wrong.

But comments are already a bit of a distraction - keeping worthless or outright harmful ones tacked onto a post is a luxury.

So you have a few options:

1. reply, noting the error (so the author can delete it or correct it).
2. flag it, noting the error (so a moderator can delete it, or the system itself if enough folks flag)
3. both 1 and 2

Note that up-votes counter flags to a certain degree (at least when it comes to automatic deletion). See also: How does comment voting and flagging work?

There's actually some value in keeping wrong answers around, as long as they're visibly wrong.

But comments are already a bit of a distraction - keeping worthless or outright harmful ones tacked onto a post is a luxury.

So you have a few options:

1. reply, noting the error (so the author can delete it or correct it).
2. flag it, noting the error (so a moderator can delete it, or the system itself if enough folks flag)
3. both 1 and 2

Note that up-votes counter flags to a certain degree (at least when it comes to automatic deletion). See also: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/17364/how-do-comment-voting-and-flagging-work

There's actually some value in keeping wrong answers around, as long as they're visibly wrong. 

But comments are already a bit of a distraction - keeping worthless or outright harmful ones tacked onto a post is a luxury. 

So you have a few options: 

1. reply, noting the error (so the author can delete it or correct it).
2. flag it, noting the error (so a moderator can delete it, or the system itself if enough folks flag)
3. both 1 and 2

Note that up-votes counter flags to a certain degree (at least when it comes to automatic deletion). See also: How do comment voting and flagging work?