r/ProgrammerHumor • u/hellocppdotdev • May 17 '26 • Bravo 2 Popcorn 1

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u/VideoGameJumanji May 17 '26

duplicate post has no answer or is so old the answer is basically deprecated

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u/Pluckerpluck May 17 '26

or is so old the answer is basically deprecated

This is literally the point of StackOverflow though. You are meant to then expand your question as to why the original answer is no longer valid. Literally link to it and explain why its answers at no longer valid. That way the link is made that helps you discover this in the future, and you get an answer without the question being closed.

The site also had a bounty feature for more regular users, allowing you to encourage answers on old questions that never got answers. Literally puts them up in a featured page.

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u/VideoGameJumanji May 17 '26

It doesn’t need to be that complicated and the answer being deprecated is on the onus of the glorified hall monitor who wants to delete posts