Timeline for Please only advise if you actually have something to say on the subject
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 14:49 | comment | added | Elder Geek | And as Andrea points out comments can be flagged as not constructive. I believe there is a good reason this option exists. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 1:51 | history | edited | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 6, 2016 at 10:49 | comment | added | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | @JacobVlijm Comment is just comment - nothing more nothing less. There's a reason why comments and answers are separated. If you're worried OP will consider comment an answer, then tell them that this section is for discussion only and no actual solutions are to be posted there. Sure , it is rarely fruitfull , but do post a comment saying that suggestion may be wrong. If a comment is misleading , it has to be pointed out; it's the same with answers - if you see something misleading , downvote, comment, maybe let moderator know. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 10:40 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | In the case of my example, an answer was given as a comment. I'd love to downvote it, but can't. Starting a discussion to express that it is a bad answer/comment is rarely fruitful. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 10:35 | comment | added | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | In addition, as you said reinstall or getting different desktop can be simplest solution. We cannot expect all users to be proficient in command-line and spend hours debugging things. Sometimes path of least resistance is better and gives OP what they want - for system to just work | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 10:30 | comment | added | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | Well, comments are for the purpose of discussion. There's no point in downvoting them. As for answers, well, it's still an answer. Good solution or not, they still belong there, and if you disagree with any, you can always downvote. Thats the purpose of downvote, to express that answer is not useful . If you feel there's better solution, then post it as answer. You have been on the site for some time, Jacob. You know this. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 10:24 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | IMO comments are even worse, because we cannot downvote them. Also, of all solutions, reinstalling is the only one that OP could think of without any help :). I don't necessarily mean offensive or rude attempts btw. This kind of solutions is often posted with decent intentions, but rarely any good. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 10:19 | history | answered | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |