What is an Answer?
Explore the essential characteristics of a good Answer within the Educative platform. Understand how to create concise, technical, and interactive content that is self-contained and original, ensuring your Answers meet best practices and guidelines for clear technical communication.
What is an Answer?
A good Answer has the following characteristics:
Short: Takes 3-5 minutes to read. It’s okay if your read time is over 5 minutes as long as there is no unnecessary information present in your Answer.
Highly technical: The content is explained in a concise and comprehensive manner. There should be no personal opinion present.
Interactive: All Answers must contain at least one interactive element. This could be: an executable code widget, an illustration, a graph, a table, or another visual element. The interactive elements you choose to add must enhance the quality of your Answer.
Self-contained: Every Answer must be comprehensive, meaning the reader does not need to navigate to ...