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Stack Exchange Comments vs. Answer Question
Both problems are seen on StackExchange sites:
Some answers are written as comments.
Some things that should be comments are written as answers.
The benefit of commenting vs using the answers
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Mod edited my comment and made it ruder
Reading the audit trail of actions on that post it appears that there were lots of flags raised on many comments in that post. Several comments have been deleted (and I've now deleted several more) to ...
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What is difference between a comment and an Answer?
From the Comments privilege page:
What are comments?
Comments are temporary "Post-It" notes left on a question or answer. They can be up-voted (but not down-voted) and flagged, but do not ...
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Should it be mandatory for people to explain upvote and downvotes on answers and comments?
Voting on SE is anonymous. That means that we can't force users to add comments while they vote. Up votes is pretty straight forward: a user found the answer useful. But down votes are different. That'...
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Off-topic questions (for altruists)
It's probably a judgement call. If it's a question where the poster has been genuinely mistaken in where to ask it, then it's probably not an issue to help them out in a comment. However, if it's a ...
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Do comments have reputations or not?
No, comments doesn't have reputation. The answer given before is the correct answer. The only thing you “earn” from reputation is three badges:
Tumbleweed - Asked a question with zero score, no ...
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Are NSFW websites allowed on UX Stack Exchange?
NSFW sites still contain valid UX patterns, so shouldn't be off-limits for suggestions. However we obviously need to tread carefully.
If you're concerned about someone accidentally clicking an ...
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Are NSFW websites allowed on UX Stack Exchange?
I would add that if it's possible to demonstrate what is needed with a static image or two, I would post images with the NSFW sections blurred out. Usually static images are better as they keep the ...
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Do comments have reputations or not?
Comments don't give you reputation, no. All of your reputation points are accounted for from your standard posts and you can keep track of reputation changes from your profile Reputation tab.
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