Timeline for Is an answer still spam if it answers the question correctly?
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| Aug 4, 2014 at 12:37 | comment | added | Martin Zeitler | if an answer states one free or commercial product, the question probably not allows any others answers. often it's cheaper to simply obtain a license than to reinvent the wheel. I'd rather consider users who constantly attempt to promote one and the same product or company as spammers. the op of the question still has the option not too accept the answer or to down-vote it. explaining how to use the tool is often redundant information, for that there are software manuals (RTFM). sure, examples how the parameterize some shell command might help reaching the intended result. | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 7:20 | comment | added | Oliver Salzburg Mod | @Jet A good answer should explain how to use a tool or why it is the best tool to do the job (possibly comparing it to others). Then it really doesn't matter what tool it is. | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 7:19 | comment | added | Jet | I've seen a lot of questions where tools like Unlocker, Sysinternals Tools are very good solutions/answers to a lot of questions. But there are not "bad answers", and I wouldn't mark those users as spammers/low quality users. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 18:27 | comment | added | slhck Mod | @Chipperyman Note that we do also get spam for free software, but it's usually a case of the author posting it wherever they think it's relevant, without disclosing their affiliation. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 16:45 | vote | accept | Jon | ||
| Jul 28, 2014 at 16:43 | vote | accept | Jon | ||
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 7:52 | comment | added | Oliver Salzburg Mod | @Chipperyman No, but it would still be a bad answer and deserve a downvote at the very least. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 7:35 | comment | added | Jon | If it were free software and appeared to be clean of viruses, would it still be spam, in your mind? | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 7:32 | history | answered | Oliver SalzburgMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |