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Re:The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flaw... by passivate on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:00PM (#27544469)
Well, they do know the tech stack, the domain, the specific problem. Now they know whether the solution resolved their specific problem, if their code review/testing caught any bugs, etc, etc.

If anything, they have the most amount of information in this context. I really don't think of them as being the least qualified.

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Re:The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flaw... by jsmeaton on Thursday June 17, 2021 @07:23PM (#27545579)
Yeah there’s an argument for that. I think it’d hold more weight if narrow, specific, and loosely defined duplicate questions were allowed - but they aren’t.

Questions and answers belong to the community. I think the accepted answer should too - maybe after some period of time.

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