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What should I do when an answer misses the point of my question (in my opinion), but the community seems to approve the answer? [duplicate]

A few times already I have posted questions on Stack Overflow and received answers that the community approves (i.e. the answer gets multiple upvotes), but in my opinion aren't good.

For instance these answers seem to ignore (or misunderstand, maybe) some important points written in the question.

Sometimes, but not always, I find satisfying answers in the discussion in the comments.


How am I supposed to behave in these cases? Should I approve the most upvoted answer, letting the community decide, even if I don't agree with the judgement? Or what else?

And how can I act in the future to minimize these situations?

I can provide links to specific questions, if necessary. (Is it good practice to do that though? I want to avoid anything that might resemble pointing fingers)


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