I answered a software rec question by providing not just one recommandation but several softwares meeting or approaching the OP's criteria, divided into different categories depending on the final purpose (which was not described by OP).
Someone commented that it would be better to provide each recommendation as a separate answer, in order to vote for a particular software and not for the answer globally.
However, having one software per answer would prevent the possibility to provide some "big picture" descriptions such as the categories I wrote.
What is the preferred way to post software recommandation answers? One recommandation per answer? Or are softwares reviews acceptable as well? (given these reviews include personal experience of course).
(16+3+9)/((16+3+9)+(4+2+20)) = 52%
in favor of one rec. I am of course not accounting the questions vote, since we cannot know if people voted for the question or for the proposition inside the question (which should be put in a separate answer obviously). The only way to validate your 4:1 claim is by chosing the first two answers of the 1st question, so that's clearly biased. Conclusion: no consensus obviously, contrary to what you're claiming.