@leocg
Multiple responses is not a good thing either. One correct response would be more useful than a bunch of near misses. Most questions do not have only a single answer but if the answer were posted at the top that might it a bit easier. However, this is not the structure of forums. People always put in 'extra' information first before they answer the question.
There is no going straight to the point because you have to scan through everything that was written to find out (i) if the answer applies to your situation, (ii) if it's understandable, and (iii) if it's correct. Very few forums follow a format that requires the answer first without the 'extra' information.
This is not only for free software. This is happening everywhere, even for some very expensive software.
If the forum had a format and provided that format to users, it would fix the disorganization. Forums are not only disorganized in their layout. They're disorganized in how items are sorted and stored. Many forums don't clean out old information - that is information that is no longer applicable. Many forums do not archive out-dated information. More structure and instructions on how to submit to a forum could resolve these problems. The extra information should not be provided at the top where users are made to read several posts where the poster only wants to tell you about things that don't apply to your question.
Have a section on the reply box that says "Answer" preferably with step-by-step instructions on how to do it. Even better would be one that rates the different answers as they are posted (e.g., "Best Answer"). Under that could be put "Information about the Issue" (supplementary information), and under that could be added "Extra Information".
There are now several posts to this one small question that led to another discussion when the entire things should have been one post of my question and one post of "best answer".