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@projektaquarius I did flag them in the past. They always got declined via:
"declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer" -
NuflowX6538yBe sure to upvote that answer and maybe leave a comment on the accepted answer, stating this is not correct answer and with the link to the answer below.
Not ideal, but at least something ;) -
iguana8118yRead this question https://meta.stackoverflow.com/ques... then bring it up on meta. If you tried to edit and it was rejected bring that up to. There are so many users in SO (several million) that consistency can be a problem, but a meta post usually helps.
Damn you stackoverflow!
Why can't we declare an answer as outdated or deprecated or just plain out wrong!
I like that you have so many questions, yet when the correct solution is a 0-upvoted by a 0-rep user hidden at the very bottom between a huge amount of wrong answers and whereas the *accepted* yet wrong answer has upvotes that are skyhigh, it just wastes my time.
All that is achieved is a feedback loop enforcing a faulty answer will accumulate ever more upvotes. And waste somebody else's time in the future as well.
I cannot add the correct information, as that would harm the author's intent. I cannot edit the faulty answer to state that there is a better answer, as that would be an attempt to reply. I can downvote it, yet that just a tiny drop on a very hot stone.
All I can do is add a comment pointing to a correct answer, yet that is easily overlooked.
Come on, stackoverflow! This is madness!
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