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Consider the following scenario: one of my answers gets accepted, then somebody else edits what I wrote in a way that I disagree with. Now I have a post supposedly written by me, that doesn't reflect my views. Sure, the edit history is available, but how many people look at that? I might not be aware of the change myself if I happen to be away from the site for a while. And even if I am, I can no longer delete my post, since it washas already been accepted. So, is there a reasonable way to deal with this situation? Can I somehow disown the post, so that it is no longer associated with my name? Continuously policing my posts doesn't seem to be a reasonable approach.

Consider the following scenario: one of my answers gets accepted, then somebody else edits what I wrote in a way that I disagree with. Now I have a post supposedly written by me, that doesn't reflect my views. Sure, the edit history is available, but how many people look at that? I might not be aware of the change myself if I happen to be away from the site for a while. And even if I am, I can no longer delete my post, since it was already accepted. So, is there a reasonable way to deal with this situation? Can I somehow disown the post, so that it is no longer associated with my name? Continuously policing my posts doesn't seem to be a reasonable approach.

Consider the following scenario: one of my answers gets accepted, then somebody else edits what I wrote in a way that I disagree with. Now I have a post supposedly written by me, that doesn't reflect my views. Sure, the edit history is available, but how many people look at that? I might not be aware of the change myself if I happen to be away from the site for a while. And even if I am, I can no longer delete my post, since it has already been accepted. So, is there a reasonable way to deal with this situation? Can I somehow disown the post, so that it is no longer associated with my name? Continuously policing my posts doesn't seem to be a reasonable approach.

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Disowning an answer?

Consider the following scenario: one of my answers gets accepted, then somebody else edits what I wrote in a way that I disagree with. Now I have a post supposedly written by me, that doesn't reflect my views. Sure, the edit history is available, but how many people look at that? I might not be aware of the change myself if I happen to be away from the site for a while. And even if I am, I can no longer delete my post, since it was already accepted. So, is there a reasonable way to deal with this situation? Can I somehow disown the post, so that it is no longer associated with my name? Continuously policing my posts doesn't seem to be a reasonable approach.