Meta Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for meta-discussion of the Stack Exchange family of Q&A websites. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
I see the accepted answer here is definitely wrong- What is the difference between %d and %*d in c language?
Should I encourage people (who might come across my blog) to downvote this answer? I think that the right to select the answer rests with the OP, but the quality should be determined by the community.
You shouldn't directly say say Downvote this answer.
Instead, comment on it saying what is wrong, what you should do instead (you could just link to somebody else's better, more correct answer) and why it is wrong. Most likely, people will read the comment, upvote it, and downvote the answer if they agree with you.
An example comment:
Note: This answer says to do
x, but this does the complete opposite the OP originally wanted. Instead, use @BetterPerson's answer (link).
You could upvote the existing comment explaining why it's wrong. That will draw more attention in-page for visitors who (often) don't read past the first answer.
I think a lot of advice elsewhere on this site already covers accepted answers and other (possibly better) answers. Here is an example:
Here are examples of possibly related or duplicate existing questions:
Encouraging people to vote one way or the other is probably ultimately a waste of your time and energy, rather than an ethical issue. Accepting that people will make their own decisions about voting will be less frustrating. Having said that, here is the guidance on downvotes:
