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This is more of a statement than a question.

A few days ago, I went through the answer to the question: Why can rm remove read-only files?Why can rm remove read-only files?

I found that the accepted answeraccepted answer to it was incorrect. The answer has since been corrected after I commented the mistake in it.
The problem was that I already got like around 60 vote-ups and the answer had like 25k views.

People (in this question they were around 60) who have no knowledge of answer are voting up. The people who are learning are getting wrong knowledge (in this case there were around 25k views).

So what does this say about our culture on Stack Exchange? The trustworthiness of Stack Exchange? Stack Exchange has got a good reputation already. Whatever people will read on it (especially the accepted answer), they will take it to be true (well, in this case they have got only misinformation).

Also, what should be done to prevent this in future (from Stack Exchange's side and not the users')?

This is more of a statement than a question.

A few days ago, I went through the answer to the question: Why can rm remove read-only files?

I found that the accepted answer to it was incorrect. The answer has since been corrected after I commented the mistake in it.
The problem was that I already got like around 60 vote-ups and the answer had like 25k views.

People (in this question they were around 60) who have no knowledge of answer are voting up. The people who are learning are getting wrong knowledge (in this case there were around 25k views).

So what does this say about our culture on Stack Exchange? The trustworthiness of Stack Exchange? Stack Exchange has got a good reputation already. Whatever people will read on it (especially the accepted answer), they will take it to be true (well, in this case they have got only misinformation).

Also, what should be done to prevent this in future (from Stack Exchange's side and not the users')?

This is more of a statement than a question.

A few days ago, I went through the answer to the question: Why can rm remove read-only files?

I found that the accepted answer to it was incorrect. The answer has since been corrected after I commented the mistake in it.
The problem was that I already got like around 60 vote-ups and the answer had like 25k views.

People (in this question they were around 60) who have no knowledge of answer are voting up. The people who are learning are getting wrong knowledge (in this case there were around 25k views).

So what does this say about our culture on Stack Exchange? The trustworthiness of Stack Exchange? Stack Exchange has got a good reputation already. Whatever people will read on it (especially the accepted answer), they will take it to be true (well, in this case they have got only misinformation).

Also, what should be done to prevent this in future (from Stack Exchange's side and not the users')?

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This is more of a statement than a question.

FewA few days ago, I went through the answer to the question: Why can rm remove read-only files?
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I found that the accepted answer to it was incorrect. Now theThe answer has since been corrected after I commented the mistake in it.
The problem was that I already got like around 60 vote-ups and the answer had like 25k views...

People (in this question they were around 60) who have no knowledge of answer are voting up. The people who are learning are getting wrong knowledge (in this case there were around 25k views).

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Also, what should be done to prevent this in future (from StackexchangeStack Exchange's side and not people'sthe users')?

trustworthiness of Stackexchange (unix & linux)

This is more of a statement than a question

Few days ago I went through the answer to the question: Why can rm remove read-only files?
What I found that the accepted answer to it was incorrect. Now the answer has been corrected after I commented the mistake in it
The problem was that I already got like around 60 vote-ups and the answer had like 25k views...

People (in this question they were around 60) who have no knowledge of answer are voting up. The people who are learning are getting wrong knowledge (in this case there were around 25k)

So what does it speaks of our culture on stackexchange? the trustworthiness of stackexchange? Stackexchange has got good reputation already and whatever people are gonna read on it (specially the accepted answer) will take it to be true (well in this case they have got only misconception)

Also what should be done to prevent this in future (from Stackexchange side and not people's)?

Trustworthiness of Stack Exchange (Unix & Linux)

This is more of a statement than a question.

A few days ago, I went through the answer to the question: Why can rm remove read-only files? 

I found that the accepted answer to it was incorrect. The answer has since been corrected after I commented the mistake in it.
The problem was that I already got like around 60 vote-ups and the answer had like 25k views.

People (in this question they were around 60) who have no knowledge of answer are voting up. The people who are learning are getting wrong knowledge (in this case there were around 25k views).

So what does this say about our culture on Stack Exchange? The trustworthiness of Stack Exchange? Stack Exchange has got a good reputation already. Whatever people will read on it (especially the accepted answer), they will take it to be true (well, in this case they have got only misinformation).

Also, what should be done to prevent this in future (from Stack Exchange's side and not the users')?

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trustworthiness of Stackexchange (unix & linux)

This is more of a statement than a question

Few days ago I went through the answer to the question: Why can rm remove read-only files?
What I found that the accepted answer to it was incorrect. Now the answer has been corrected after I commented the mistake in it
The problem was that I already got like around 60 vote-ups and the answer had like 25k views...

People (in this question they were around 60) who have no knowledge of answer are voting up. The people who are learning are getting wrong knowledge (in this case there were around 25k)

So what does it speaks of our culture on stackexchange? the trustworthiness of stackexchange? Stackexchange has got good reputation already and whatever people are gonna read on it (specially the accepted answer) will take it to be true (well in this case they have got only misconception)

Also what should be done to prevent this in future (from Stackexchange side and not people's)?