Timeline for Why are people still mass upvoting non-answers?
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| Apr 14, 2011 at 17:36 | comment | added | Aaronaught | @Steven: The point that I have been trying to get across (and that the "How To Answer" page tries to explain) is that "Don't do that" isn't a valid answer in isolation. It has to come with a rationale, and where applicable, a set of alternatives. This answer did neither, as far as I can tell. | |
| Apr 14, 2011 at 3:15 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood StaffMod | @steven it veers a bit too far into editorializing IMHO, there is no real safety issue like "you can't stop breathing" | |
| Apr 14, 2011 at 2:58 | comment | added | Steven A. Lowe | maybe i missed the overarching context, but my first reaction to the OP's question was exactly the same: don't waste a week in Paris with your girlfriend. I don't understand why a highly-upvoted common-sense answer rasied so many hackles... "Don't do that" is a perfectly legitimate answer. For example: "Should I learn Perl this weekend, or breathe?" Common sense clearly indicates that learning Perl has far more functional utility than mere respiration... ;-) | |
| Apr 12, 2011 at 14:16 | comment | added | Aaronaught | Perhaps it was an overreaction, but it clearly took such an reaction to effect change (downvoting/flagging/commenting was just pissing in the wind, so to speak). If this were an isolated incident I certainly would have just moved on; unfortunately it's really just the latest in a long string of similar circle-jerks - for me, the straw that broke the camel's back. | |
| Apr 12, 2011 at 5:11 | history | answered | Jeff AtwoodStaffMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |