You absolutely aren't by yourself with this opinion (or fact, rather). Lately, I've been noticing a lot of patterns in question and answer quality, what types of questions get more answers, etc. These answers should definitely be downvoted, flagged, and/or deleted. However, I have a little problem with flagging and deleting in this situation.

As I discussed in another meta post recently, low-quality posts (questions and answers alike) are usually a result of the user not understanding or knowing how Stack Exchange works and what is expected. As such, acting harshly towards these users' attempts to contribute can and will push them away quickly. So in the case of these low-quality answers, it is important to accurately vote on them as needed and flag them for attention when necessary, but deletion is not the way to go in my opinion.

With most low-quality posts, it is easy to leave a comment to let the author know what is wrong and how to fix it, also citing the relevant quality guidelines. We need to be giving low-quality posts breathing room to improve. Without this, posts will immediately be removed and the users will shy away as I also mentioned in my other post.

So to me this really comes down to how we're handling these posts rather than the quality itself. With a site like this — one that is ambiguous by definition to most people — these posts should be expected, and they should be met with constructive criticism instead of destructive criticism.

You absolutely aren't by yourself with this opinion (or fact, rather). Lately, I've been noticing a lot of patterns in question and answer quality, what types of questions get more answers, etc. These answers should definitely be downvoted, flagged, and/or deleted. However, I have a little problem with flagging and deleting in this situation.

As I discussed in another meta post recently, low-quality posts (questions and answers alike) are usually a result of the user not understanding or knowing how Stack Exchange works and what is expected. As such, acting harshly towards these users' attempts to contribute can and will push them away quickly. So in the case of these low-quality answers, it is important to accurately vote on them as needed and flag them for attention when necessary, but deletion is not the way to go in my opinion.

With most low-quality posts, it is easy to leave a comment to let the author know what is wrong and how to fix it, also citing the relevant quality guidelines. We need to be giving low-quality posts breathing room to improve. Without this, posts will immediately be removed and the users will shy away as I also mentioned in my other post.

So to me this really comes down to how we're handling these posts rather than the quality itself. With a site like this — one that is ambiguous by definition to most people — these posts should be expected, and they should be met with constructive criticism instead of destructive criticism.