[philwebster]

Another example of SO managing to alienate a user (in this case, me): Posting my very first answer to a question, finding a very similar post and adding my solution there as well, then getting an email that I had posted the same thing and that the second post would be removed. This was unfortunate because the second question had a more lively discussion and seemed like a better place for the answer. I deleted the first answer, tried re-posting on the second question and wasn't allowed. After that, I gave up.

[gbrayut]

Sounds like you ran into one of the spam prevention mechanisms. I've done the same thing before, and usually as long as you do some editing and don't just copy/paste the answer it should let it thru. Or sometimes I leave a comment with a link to the other answer so people can find it.

Sorry you had a bad experience with the site. I hope you try contributing again in the future if you get a chance.