Do you like to go over past questions and answers?

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Sometimes I’ll see that someone has lurved an old answer that I don’t even remember giving, so I’ll go back and read it out of curiosity. That’s about the extent of it. The only benefit I get from doing that is the reminder that stuff I say here sticks around for a long time. Sure makes me more careful about clicking that “Answer” button.

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