@JonEricson sometimes I feel like declaring comment bankruptcy
they're used so badly on this site (and the highest-rep users are guilty of it, and so am i)
maybe this would be a good meta post, talking about the "intended" SE usage of comments and why it's so much better to write even a partial answer
(as long as you say "this is partial" people tend to be okay with it, as long as it isn't actively wrong/harmful/etc)
i've definitely written answers here that are comment-like, or just tiny lists of quick points/arrows for further investigation... and this is (sometimes) genuinely helpful
> Comment.delete_all
historical comments though seem like invaluable meta-information -- where people are asking about context and motivation of questions, and this doesn't (always) get promoted back into q's
really the message should be for high-rep users/role models -- we have to set the tone and keep chattiness out of comments (and hints/partial answers should go in Answers)
Comments are often used on this site for discussion, quick hints and even sometimes even more-or-less fully-baked answers. But this is not actually great!
In fact, comments are not for discussion. They are not even for hints. In fact, at least within the domain model of StackExchange, comments ...
Comments are often used on this site for discussion, quick hints and even sometimes even more-or-less fully-baked answers. But this is not actually great!
In fact, comments are not for discussion. They are not even for hints. In fact, at least within the domain model of StackExchange, comments ...
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