I've put together a different but as it happens related question (Expiration of answers for questions with novel solutionsExpiration of answers for questions with novel solutions), and a proposed solutionproposed solution, that I think helps resolve (or at least significantly advances discussion about) the "Fastest Gun in the West Problem" by having the "fastest answers" replaced by "better answers" as old and perhaps deprecated answer-sets are revolved by the community (i.e. wiped, to-be replaced by new sets of answers).
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