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points by hn_throwaway_99 14 hours ago | 0 comments

> top-most voted answer was most often the wrong answer

I'm calling bullshit on that one. I don't doubt that some top-voted answers were wrong, but the vast majority of the time I used it, the top-voted answer was correct. This just feels like trying to paint with an extremely broad brush. I'm not denying that SO had problems, but there's no way I'm taking "the majority of top answers were wrong" without any evidence.

[–] chuckadams 14 hours ago

Agreed. There was frequently a better answer that was ranked lower, but the top one was rarely actually wrong. SO had a litany of failings, but that wasn't one of them.

[–] roncesvalles 9 hours ago

I think "wrong answer" was the wrong phrasing. I meant it wasn't the best answer on the page.