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I've noticed this for a while now - people answer questions with a comment instead of an answer on SO. I'm not sure why, if I understand correctly "great comments" don't gain rep. The only logical ...

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? There seems to be a trend lately of people answering SO questions in the comments under the question. I don't mind seeing discussions ...

I was browsing through some StackOverflow posts, and I noticed that often, comments had small bug fixes indirectly unrelated to the question. However, in some of these cases, the small bug that the ...

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? (Despite the similar title, I don't think this is a duplicate of this question.) I often encounter the following situation: high-rep ...

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? There so many answers in SO posted as comments (just yet another one). Why people don't follow the correct thread flow and answer, when ...

Why do people comment when it's a spot-on answer? I often get useful comments like the first comment here, but wonder why they don't post those as answers. If they post them as answers, I can boost ...

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? Sometimes I have seen that somebody are using a comment box as an answer box here. Is it the right way to put an answer over there?

I have noticed that more often than not people tend to respond with answers to questions in comments as opposed to creating answers for a question. Any thoughts as to why? I am getting more heavily ...

Recently I've noticed a pattern of users answering questions by way of comments. Generally this is followed by downvoting the question itself and eventually the question gets closed. Is that ...

I have been noticing new questions often have answers in the comments instead of the answer list. What is the rationale behind this? I have seen this with users that have a lot of reputation too, so ...

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? I've noticed more and more that people will post valuable information (intended to help solve the problem) as a comment instead of as an ...

What are the pros and cons of answering questions in question comments? If I answer a question in comments accidentally, I mean while clarifying question, should I post my comment as an answer?

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? Is it in bad form to answer a question with another user's comment I've started to see more and more people posting comments (under the ...

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? What's the reason this is done? I've seen several questions with valid answers hidden in comments. And I found reasons why people use ...

Possible Duplicate: Why do some people answer in comments? I have noticed it's fairly common for users to add a comment to a question rather than posting their solution as an answer which could be ...