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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by waterproof on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @08:52AM (#36861492)
I disagree- on SO you’ll usually get some literal answers as well as the more high-level, question-the-premise ones. Why not both?
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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by umanwizard on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:35AM (#36861987)
Because in many cases people don't bother giving the real answer once a comment already has an answer, especially a highly upvoted one.

I'm fine with indirect, "question-the-premise" comments, but they should be posted as comments, not answers, because they are in fact not answers.

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