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Re:The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flaw... by OJFord on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @07:11PM (#27534545)
> I also often find on StackExchange et al that quite often the most upvoted is the one that ‘fixes it’ for ‘most people’

And also first, or at least early, and subject to a reinforcing cycle of 'sufficiently good' or 'fixed it enough' that it achieves stratospherically more votes than an 'even more good' or 'fixes it properly' answer that came in too late for the same traction.

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Re:The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flaw... by bigiain on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @09:12PM (#27535267)
> also first, or at least early, and subject to a reinforcing cycle of 'sufficiently good' or 'fixed it enough'

So exactly the solution most project managers are after? /s

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Re:The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flaw... by OJFord on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:12AM (#27537269)
Ha, well even if there's an argument for that, it quite often leads to (and is even more reinforced by in terms of votes) the original asker 'accepting' the solution; then the answer that 'fixed it for them, first' is forever ranked highest, even if it rarely works for others and something else is more up-voted.
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