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edited Jan 20, 2022 at 18:27

Good question, and you might be interested in What to do when someone posts an exact same answer after your answer? over on the siteSE-wide Meta.

Although I don't have a one-size-fits-all answer, I do have two general approaches:

Try to be generous and understand how this answer might offer something new. If there is—maybe an explanation as it pertains to a different genre, a different way of explaining it, connecting it to another concept, etc.—then I'll typically upvote and move on my way. I think this is one of the strengths of SE: the ability to have multiple good and correct answers.
Otherwise, if it doesn't apply to the above point or any points in the linked Meta post, I'll downvote it. This is especially the case when it's a one-sentence answer from a long-time user that should know better. Depending on the circumstances, it could be best to flag it and treat it as a comment to an existing answer.

Good question, and you might be interested in What to do when someone posts an exact same answer after your answer? over on the site-wide Meta.

Although I don't have a one-size-fits-all answer, I do have two general approaches:

Try to be generous and understand how this answer might offer something new. If there is—maybe an explanation as it pertains to a different genre, a different way of explaining it, connecting it to another concept, etc.—then I'll typically upvote and move on my way. I think this is one of the strengths of SE: the ability to have multiple good and correct answers.
Otherwise, if it doesn't apply to the above point or any points in the linked Meta post, I'll downvote it. This is especially the case when it's a one-sentence answer from a long-time user that should know better. Depending on the circumstances, it could be best to flag it and treat it as a comment to an existing answer.

Good question, and you might be interested in What to do when someone posts an exact same answer after your answer? over on the SE-wide Meta.

Although I don't have a one-size-fits-all answer, I do have two general approaches:

Try to be generous and understand how this answer might offer something new. If there is—maybe an explanation as it pertains to a different genre, a different way of explaining it, connecting it to another concept, etc.—then I'll typically upvote and move on my way. I think this is one of the strengths of SE: the ability to have multiple good and correct answers.
Otherwise, if it doesn't apply to the above point or any points in the linked Meta post, I'll downvote it. This is especially the case when it's a one-sentence answer from a long-time user that should know better. Depending on the circumstances, it could be best to flag it and treat it as a comment to an existing answer.

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created Jan 20, 2022 at 17:14

Good question, and you might be interested in What to do when someone posts an exact same answer after your answer? over on the site-wide Meta.

Although I don't have a one-size-fits-all answer, I do have two general approaches:

Try to be generous and understand how this answer might offer something new. If there is—maybe an explanation as it pertains to a different genre, a different way of explaining it, connecting it to another concept, etc.—then I'll typically upvote and move on my way. I think this is one of the strengths of SE: the ability to have multiple good and correct answers.
Otherwise, if it doesn't apply to the above point or any points in the linked Meta post, I'll downvote it. This is especially the case when it's a one-sentence answer from a long-time user that should know better. Depending on the circumstances, it could be best to flag it and treat it as a comment to an existing answer.