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Re:Tired of Stack Overflow by ilaksh on Monday September 02, 2019 @01:34PM (#20860608)
I have noticed answers in comments a lot too. It seems like some aspect of the gamification. One theory is that people don't want to put any straightforward answers in actual answers because they seem anything straightforward to be unworthy of an actual answer.
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Re:Tired of Stack Overflow by mark-r on Monday September 02, 2019 @05:05PM (#20861764)
I have my own standards for what makes a proper answer, and if I'm too confused or rushed to meet those standards I'll just leave a comment instead.

I've been yelled at for doing that on Stack Exchange sites other than SO.

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