If you want to flag answers that give no new information, shouldn't the time difference matter in this case?

In simple questions two or three exact same answers appear very fast. In stackoverflow for example almost in seconds. In unix/linux quite fast also.

So if there are two answers given on the same minute, which one is the obsolete one? They have propably been written at the same time.

Long answers are a different case. You spend 10minutes writing a good answer, and then at the same time / in that time, somebody else gives the same information. Should you be rewarded with a flag then? In long answers, even tough the information might be the same, the format might differ and be more easily understandable to different readers.

If you want to flag answers that give no new information, shouldn't the time difference matter in this case?

In simple questions two or three exact same answers appear very fast. In stackoverflow for example almost in seconds. In unix/linux quite fast also.

So if there are two answers given on the same minute, which one is the obsolete one? They have probably been written at the same time.

Long answers are a different case. You spend 10minutes writing a good answer, and then at the same time / in that time, somebody else gives the same information. Should you be rewarded with a flag then? In long answers, even tough the information might be the same, the format might differ and be more easily understandable to different readers.