Outdated Answers: accepted answer is now unpinned on Stack Overflow

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>There was a whopping 61.6% increase in users copying from the top answer when the accepted answer was unpinned and the highest-scoring answer was first in the list of answers.

I hope the users will still at least be curious about the accepted answer in such cases, popularity doesn't always mean it is better. But overall, I think this change is better.

In my personal experience, the only time when the top reply and the accepted answer differ is when the answer has become obsolete over time.

E.g.

Q: "How do I do X in JS?" in 2010

A1 (100 votes, accepted): "Use jQuery function jX()" (2011)

A2 (300 votes): "Since 2015, the standard function jX2() is supported in all major browsers. [link to caniuse.com]" (2016)

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