How are users posting follow up questions and answers in the forum?
Updating my original answer seems like it might get missed by the original poster but posting another answer seems to be counter to the goal of checking off the correct answer. Using the comment section isn't always feasible because of character limitations as well as the lack of formatting.
Just curious how others are doing this.
Accepted answer
The idea is that for most questions, there will be an answer that is the best or the right one, either by seeing what the community votes for or what the original poster chooses.
Comments
Thanks Seth, The specific instance that prompted my post was because I didn't have an answer for the OP but had a number of questions to help narrow it down. In addition I was looking for general Ideas on how others are using the forum.
I think Seth's answer sounds about right to me. If you post an answer, and someone has a question regarding your answer, then they should "comment" on your answer. You can then reply to their comment with another comment. If your answer changes because of this back and forth, then you can edit your answer (either completely changing it if the original answer was wrong, or keep the original and add an "edited" section with additional edits).
If a new question is asked in the back and forth that is different enough from the original question, then a new forum question should be created to address that.