What is the correct thing to do when someone posts two different answers to the same question?
Here is my example, I am not trying to say "This user did this wrong!", we have only had a couple of comments discussion about it, I am just looking for opinions on this for future reference.
I see no reason, that one question can require two answers from the same user, how best to handle this?
Does it even matter? It is a bit untidy but not hurting anyone.
Thoughts?
It's an occasional practice for users to post two or more answers to the same question. It may be done for several reasons:
The specific example you address can fall under the first bullet point, but not under the other two, so in that specific case I agree - the posts should be merged. That said, I still think multiple posts are OK
I personally have often gotten comments suggesting that alternative approach that I crammed into same post should be split into two.
Of course, it is possible to have users who spam posts, but that tends to occur only in low-reputation users. The higher reputation users typically have a specific reason for doing what they do.
The way I see it is this: if a post addresses the question(on-topic), is detailed ( not low quality ) , and not spam - then let it be. It doesn't matter who posted it - the same user or several others - as long as it's useful
