This is an example where I—after some deliberation—decided to downvote. I believe this to be grossly overvoted. I agree that it is a simple and handy rule of thumb. But 22 upvotes? It isn’t that insightful. It isn’t a that much more correct choice than the approches mentioned in other comments.
Note that I wouldn’t have downvoted if this comment would have stood in isolation. I see this post an example of a place where the votes order the comments in relation to how well they answer the question of the OP (which is facilitated by the default sort being ‘best’ voted). Actually a pattern not mentioned in the other comments.
Lets poll what you think of this:
If a post asks for advice (like in the OP) I vote depending on how well the comment answers the question. [pollid:952]
This is an example where I—after some deliberation—decided to downvote. I believe this to be grossly overvoted. I agree that it is a simple and handy rule of thumb. But 22 upvotes? It isn’t that insightful. It isn’t a that much more correct choice than the approches mentioned in other comments.
Note that I wouldn’t have downvoted if this comment would have stood in isolation. I see this post an example of a place where the votes order the comments in relation to how well they answer the question of the OP (which is facilitated by the default sort being ‘best’ voted). Actually a pattern not mentioned in the other comments.
Lets poll what you think of this:
If a post asks for advice (like in the OP) I vote depending on how well the comment answers the question. [pollid:952]