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Stack Exchange Etiquette - Changing an accepted answer?

If I accept a correct answer but a more detailed and clearer answer comes along after the fact, should I change the accepted answer? Is it considered rude to the original answerer whose answer was ...
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Choosing not to accept a better answer when already satisfied with the first accepted answer?

In the case that I asked a question, waited a few days, and then accepted a great answer that told me exactly what I need to know. Afterwards someone adds an answer that gives the same important ...
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When is it okay / not okay to unaccept an answer?

I recently had an answer I gave selected as The Answer to a question. A couple days later, the OP updated his question to ask a follow-up question, and revoked his selection of my answer. I.e. my ...
Robert Kieffer's user avatar