Timeline for Handling answers that build heavily on (or are copied outright from) existing answers

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Nov 14, 2011 at 14:35	comment	added	Time Traveling Bobby		I think in that case it's the other way round: The first person tells me that my car was lit on fire, the second tells me that it was lit on fire using gasoline. It's a detail, yet it might be informative.
Nov 14, 2011 at 14:19	comment	added	avpaderno		It is not necessary to use the same exact words. If somebody tells you that your car has been destroyed after another person told you that somebody put your car on fire, what said from the second person is less helpful than what said from the first one.
Nov 14, 2011 at 14:13	comment	added	Time Traveling Bobby		Yes, but it was not 1:1 copy, but incorporated changes/improvements which were not directly visible (in the comments) and an example. Therefor it's at least helpful until the original author updates the original answer.
Nov 14, 2011 at 14:06	comment	added	avpaderno		If you repeat me something that was already told me by somebody else before you, you are surely less helpful than the other person, as you are not telling me anything new.
Nov 14, 2011 at 14:03	comment	added	Time Traveling Bobby		That depends how you interpret helpful.
Nov 14, 2011 at 14:02	history	answered	avpaderno	CC BY-SA 3.0