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10:24 AM

If a user has posted two answers (very late) for a question, should it be flagged for removal? Question Link. Answers by user id - edukondalu chinta

What is wrong with the answers @Harry?

Them being late is no real reason for deletion.

Mat

The second one seems to be a "refinement" of the first on, should have been an edit.

nothing wrong @Bart. Two answers by same person, is that allowed?

@Mat exactly

Mat

Yes, that's allowed in general, but posting the same thing twice is pointless.

Sure, multiple answers are just fine. If the refinement is indeed the case, you can perhaps leave a comment for the author.

10:29 AM

Ok, fine. It just came up in the review list so I was wondering. Thanks :)

@Bart: I did, I added a comment on one of them :)

Just a note: should you ever flag such a situation, use the "other" option and clearly explain what it is you're seeing.

Noted. Thanks a lot to both of you :)

hey guys, is any moderator around now?

oh well. I'll just leave that here, hopefully the guy gets stopped before he really goes apeshit on the site.

Referring to the comments I assume @BartekBanachewicz?

@Bart obviously.

10:43 AM

Yeah, the previous link did not lead to one any more. So I was wondering. But I just caught and flagged one at the bottom.

and my prediction wasn't far from reality; he actually left another offensive comment just a while ago on another Q

If it's still around, let me know and I'll flag it as well

nah, deleted already. Not sure if by the offender himself or by some authority.

5 hours later…

Tim Stone

3:33 PM

@Oded Well, yeah, it's clearly a bug in dev channel, I don't think something so silly would make it to stable. :P

1 hour later…

5:02 PM

On no, I see I had my eloquent-explanation-filter turned off when writing that. Usually when typing such short phrases, they do automatically get turned into somewhat more of an explanation, making me sound far more intelligent than I actually am. Putting that comment into my filter now the following is returned: "There is no real telling why users vote the way they vote, especially when regarding the age differences of the linked posts. Posts might meet different audiences, or the idea of what is a good post has changed over time, making similar posts receive different evaluations". — Bart 3 mins ago

Let's see how long that one lasts. I apologize in advance. I couldn't resists. I'll keep my comments 100% on-topic, constructive and not funny from now on. Promise.... what crossed fingers?

2 hours later…

ajax333221

7:24 PM

meta.stackoverflow.com/a/197804/179635 the perfect way to prevent someone flagging you is to make the links unclickeable ;)

wonder what will happen if I make the sup higher and the sub lower... the whole page might get unclickeable, and if I add links....... brb