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I recently flagged this answerthis answer(The link is to the revision it was in when I flagged it) as "not an answer", and had my flagged marked invalid.

flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer

The reason I flagged the post wasn't becuase of some "technical inaccuracies", but becuase it didn't address the questionquestion at all, Instead, it was addressed to a side question asked in a comment. It really has nothing to do with the original problem.

Am I misunderstanding when this flag should be used? Would another flag have been more appropriate? Or did the mod who invalidated my flag not that the "answer" was directed at a comment?

I recently flagged this answer(The link is to the revision it was in when I flagged it) as "not an answer", and had my flagged marked invalid.

flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer

The reason I flagged the post wasn't becuase of some "technical inaccuracies", but becuase it didn't address the question at all, Instead, it was addressed to a side question asked in a comment. It really has nothing to do with the original problem.

Am I misunderstanding when this flag should be used? Would another flag have been more appropriate? Or did the mod who invalidated my flag not that the "answer" was directed at a comment?

I recently flagged this answer(The link is to the revision it was in when I flagged it) as "not an answer", and had my flagged marked invalid.

flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer

The reason I flagged the post wasn't becuase of some "technical inaccuracies", but becuase it didn't address the question at all, Instead, it was addressed to a side question asked in a comment. It really has nothing to do with the original problem.

Am I misunderstanding when this flag should be used? Would another flag have been more appropriate? Or did the mod who invalidated my flag not that the "answer" was directed at a comment?

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Was my "not an answer flag" for this answer not warranted?

I recently flagged this answer(The link is to the revision it was in when I flagged it) as "not an answer", and had my flagged marked invalid.

flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer

The reason I flagged the post wasn't becuase of some "technical inaccuracies", but becuase it didn't address the question at all, Instead, it was addressed to a side question asked in a comment. It really has nothing to do with the original problem.

Am I misunderstanding when this flag should be used? Would another flag have been more appropriate? Or did the mod who invalidated my flag not that the "answer" was directed at a comment?