When a user is offline and he has asked a question, can we answer him with a direct step by step soln?

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mathslover · Answer

http://openstudy.com/users/mathslover#/updates/502a502ce4b0fbb9a3a70391 here is it what i did..

parthkohli · Answer

What if he/she comes online and takes the answer, then runs away with it?

mathslover · Answer

may be but then he can ask for the problems he encountered in between

farmdawgnation · Answer

Yeah, I still feel like the goal there should be to guide instead of answer. By default, users will receive an email if they get a reply while they are offline.

farmdawgnation · Answer

Don't worry about that question, but that's just my two cents for future reference.

mathslover · Answer

:D thanks farm

parthkohli · Answer

That's exactly what I pointed out. @mathslover

mathslover · Answer

yes but the way of explanation made me aggressive rather than taking that as +ve @ParthKohli