So how does SO decide when an answer is a "trivial answer" that should be converted to a comment?

  • 3
    meta.stackexchange.com/questions/98950/… - the feature has existed since at least July 2011. Nothing new about it. – Oded Jan 30 '15 at 17:14
  • it hit me twice today - I had never seen it before – pm100 Jan 30 '15 at 17:15
  • @pm100 Do you have links to the 2? – Taryn Jan 30 '15 at 17:16
  • 6
    @pm100 If you are solely posting links to other SO questions, those aren't answers and you shouldn't be attempting to post it as such. If you think that link answers the question, then vote to close as a duplicate. If it is this and this - the first isn't answer (it's just a link) and the 2nd is barely an answer. – Taryn Jan 30 '15 at 17:19
  • my second one said what to do and then added the link as a reference - its still got converted to a comment – pm100 Jan 30 '15 at 17:20
  • 3
    @pm100 It should have been a VTC as a duplicate, not an answer. – Servy Jan 30 '15 at 17:28

Usually when it looks like this.

Answer appears automatically converted as a comment

Did that solve your question?

  • 3
    mod > convert to com... oh, wait. I see what you did there. – Bill the Lizard Jan 30 '15 at 18:54
  • Seems to me that the "answer" should become a vote for a duplicate rather than a comment. – Tab Alleman Oct 8 '19 at 14:22

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .