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Anything related to posting answers, e.g. about improving their content, voting on answers, editing others' answers, etc.

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Why do people post their answers as comments?

A possibility is that people are lazy, and they want to help, but not go to the trouble of writing a full post. Should the OP or some other commentator build off that that, and get an answer everythin …
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Target audience of answer on SU

How valid is the point of view that answers should speak to a technical audience, as opposed to the average person? Are both OK? Is there a middle ground that should be sought? …
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Should duplicate answers posted within a short time frame be flagged?

Lets say there are two answers with the same content on the same question. Should the second one get flagged? This has happened to me, and I sent a flag. … EDIT: example The two answers are the same with the one that was created second having some screenshots added (this does not make it a different answer IMHO). …
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