Question

What are some guidelines that we need to keep in mind when writing answers?

Answer 1

Guidelines on what is allowed and now allowed on Socratic can be found here: socratic.org/answering-basics

Explanation:

The community agrees that the following behaviors distract from learning.

When writing answers, please don’t:

• Copy-and-paste text from other sites
  Your answers should be original (written by you). Borrowing small snippets from others is ok sometimes, but never reuse more than a sentence (even if you cite your source).
• Use personal stories
  Remember, it’s all about helping the student! Personal experiences can be alienating or confusing for students who don’t relate to them.
• Have a conversation in the answer
  That’s what comments are for! Don’t ask for clarification or include content that isn’t exclusively relevant to the question in your answer—this is distracting for readers who are trying to learn.
• Spam or hawk
  Socratic is for learning, not promoting! You’re welcome to link to external sites, but an answer is not the place to advertise your own.
• Use mature or offensive language
  Socratic is a safe learning environment for students of all ages—leave profanity and inappropriate language at the door.