It's a while that I'm seeing old posts with a lot of good answers being resumed by new users (no previous activity, 1 rep) to add their answer, which adds nothing to the existing content, and sometimes not completely accurate.

Why is this happening? Is ignoring the right thing to do? May downvoting the answer discourage new people (who may not be understanding properly how the site work) from getting involved?

It's a while that I'm seeing old posts with a lot of good answers being resumed by new users (no previous activity, 1 rep) to add their answer, which adds nothing to the existing content, and sometimes not completely accurate.

Why is this happening? Is ignoring the right thing to do? May downvoting the answer discourage new people (who may not be understanding properly how the site work) from getting involved?

Since yesterday I'm seeing old posts with a lot of good answers being resumed by new users (no previous activity, 1 rep) to add their answer, which adds nothing to the existing content, and sometimes not completely accurate.

Why is this happening? Is ignoring the right thing to do? May downvoting the answer discourage new people (who may not be understanding properly how the site work) from getting involved?

It's a while that I'm seeing old posts with a lot of good answers being resumed by new users (no previous activity, 1 rep) to add their answer, which adds nothing to the existing content, and sometimes not completely accurate.

Why is this happening? Is ignoring the right thing to do? May downvoting the answer discourage new people (who may not be understanding properly how the site work) from getting involved?