The right thing for @StackOverflow to do would be to stop labeling things "answers". They're more like "guesses", and calling something an "accepted answer" is misleading because all it actually means is that somebody who by definition isn't an expert thinks it's correct.
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So some helpful warnings and nomenclature changes would help people perhaps understand that if they use something they found on Stack Overflow without understanding it, it may well contain a critical error.
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This feels a bit like “caution: hot” to me. We can’t possibly label every potentially erroneous source of information. Instead, we should work to demonize the culture of using code you found on the internet in your product without understanding what it does or testing it.
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...and by "do more research" he means
#RTFM for chrissake's. API documentation is your friend. Imagine all the other StackOverflow fails that are in everything people use everyday. UgghhhhhThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It was not a wrong answer, just a buggy one.
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