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Hey moderators: worse or better to flag a whole chain of comments?

I'm wondering, though, if it's easier for you if I just flag the top comment (or maybe even post to which all the comments are attached), or if it's more useful with the tools the site provides to flag …
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Should we encourage / allow comments with helpful advice to questions we know will be closed?

This is a followup to Short answers as comments — please resist the urge and to Removed comment. … But, I just wanted you to know that [some half-answery-thing-here] I'm pretty convinced on discouraging answers as comments in general, and likewise on discouraging answers to off-topic questions, but …
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Please put your answers in the answers section, even if they're short

Using the comments defeats the functioning of the Stack Exchange engine. … Comment-answers also push down comments which might be used to get clarification and improve the question itself — which is the intended purpose of comments to questions. …
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