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I did search but couldn't find an answer... so hope this isn't an exact duplicate... as that would be rather embarrassing.

I saw a question closed today by two users, and Community ♦.

At what point does the Community user decide to get in on the act?

Is it some kind of literal string for string comparison?

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    It means the OP agreed that it is a duplicate. It's a confusing convention that I wish they would change.
    – herisson
    Apr 11, 2017 at 19:14
  • @sumelic Aha thanks, now I understand.
    – Gary
    Apr 11, 2017 at 19:15
  • @sumelic it was actually introduced not far ago, and you can find out the reason by hovering over the link. (It's in the tooltip)
    – M.A.R.
    Apr 11, 2017 at 19:59
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    Community is kind of a control freak.
    – Mitch
    Apr 11, 2017 at 20:35

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This is all explained on Meta.SE: New UI encourages askers to confirm or dispute duplicate votes. Here's a summary:

When there is at least one duplicate close vote on their question, the author sees a banner:

This question may already have an answer here: dupe link

Clicking on that button (and confirming) closes the question as a duplicate.

Why Community?

Shog9 explains in a comment:

Although the effect is the same in this (one, narrowly-defined) scenario, question owners do not have binding close votes on their own post - I believe such a feature would likely introduce a great deal of confusion unless also coupled with binding reopen votes, which would of course introduce either an opportunity for abuse or a ton of extra rules for voting. The system is closing the question, not the user who confirmed the duplicate.

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