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    That's exactly what I do, too. However, once you hit submit the 5-minute clock starts ticking, so your short answer only gets as good as you can make it in 5 minutes. Commented Sep 11, 2008 at 14:13
  • I just carry on editing, take a look at the edit history for this answer. Commented Sep 11, 2008 at 14:21
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    the link is broken in here. Commented Dec 14, 2009 at 18:55
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    Hmm, it doesn't do a good job moving posts between stackoverflow.com and meta, you lose the edit history and it doesn't preserve inter-question links. Commented Dec 14, 2009 at 20:21
  • I answer a lot from my mobile device. This does not allow for a lot of citing or code examples. I often will have to revisit the answer once I get to a pc so I can elaborate or cite sources. Commented May 24, 2012 at 17:33
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    The problem with the long game is that it requires a questioner who isn't so impatient as to accept the first answer, and abandon monitoring the question. Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 18:47
  • “I sometimes try and post a short correct answer as quickly as possible to kind of "mark" the question with my answer to discourage other similar answers.”—The fastest territory marker (in the West). Commented Sep 29, 2023 at 12:42