I've seen some quiet 1-rep users (on SO, SU) who are posting answers like "I have the same question" or "Thank you, this works." Normally I'd tell those users to remove their answers and post them as comments, but I can't do that for 1-rep users. I mean, I could, but that feels like telling them to shut up. :/

**Edit:** As Jon Seigel [pointed out](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/35175/should-moderators-be-able-to-convert-answers-into-comments), an option for turning answers into comments would be nice to have for such situations. But my question stays the same... what do we do with the users? Of course the comments are noise which need to be removed from the answers section, but telling the users to remove their answers while they don't have the ability to comment on the question sounds like a plain "shut up" to me, and thus might not be the best option.

On the other hand, I could repost the comments in their names, but that seems like a bad workaround, because discussions could arise in the comments which would need further interaction from the 1-rep user(s).

**Edit2:** One live [example](https://superuser.com/questions/118628/merging-program-files-and-program-files-x86-folders-in-windows-7-64-bit). There are three 1-rep users who have answered, but those answers should be comments. Of course, I could tell them that... but I can't provide them with a good alternative.