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Both parts of this feature are already possible with the existing system. You can already modify a reply after it's been posted. If you really truly need to see if someone's sneaked in a reply before you, keep a copy of the question in a separate tab or window and reload it right before you submit.

Better yet, take a deep breath, go for a walk, and repeat to yourself "It's not a race. I'm still a good person even if someone else posted the same answer a minute before me. I'm a beautiful and delicate snowflake."

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Re: Last Reply Time on Preview Page
by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Jul 22, 2003 at 09:13 UTC
    Damn. I was going to say that! :)

    cLive ;-)

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Re: Re: Last Reply Time on Preview Page
by BUU (Prior) on Jul 22, 2003 at 03:20 UTC
    >>Better yet, take a deep breath, go for a walk, and repeat to yourself "It's not a race. I'm still a good person even if someone else posted the same answer a minute before me. I'm a beautiful and delicate snowflake."

    I think your totally missing his point. I don't think the original poster was referring to a race to be the first reply to a question at all. Of course it doesn't matter in the over all scheme whether two people post the same reply to a question. But if we look at it like that, what does matter? Everyone dies after all. But thats ranging rather farther afield then I had meant to go, so back to the original point. The point is that a system like he was proposing would simply help increase the signal to noise ration, which is admittedly already very good, but improvements are always good.
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      I think we're looking at this from a completely different mindset. I don't understand how the proposal would improve the signal to noise ratio. If two replies to the same question provide the same answer, is the first one automatically signal and the second one automatically noise?

      If you take that argument further, asking a question that's already been answered is noise. I'm comfortable thinking that, within reason — we do have FAQs for a reason — but it's very easy to take it too far.

      Is there something wrong with having two similar answers appear within a few minutes of each other? I think not, and that's why I don't see why this idea would be useful.

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        The proposal is not so much in the relation for signal to noise ratio. It is to suggest the enhanced answer if possible in the light of what is already been offered. It could be more benificial to the original poster also. There are other approaches as well, as you suggested earlier.

        artist

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