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What if … Cross posts were only symlinks? (fapsi.be)
submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I see it very often, especially with Linux, Libre Culture and Open Source, that one and the same is discussed in 2 or more threads. In one a consent was found, in another not, and in the third are only posted links to one of the other discussions. So I asked myself, what if a cross post would only link to the original instead of creating an own entry?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

That's a great idea! I've often wondered about it myself. The main question is about UX and how to enable to filter/post comments by communities. Slightly exaggerated example: if there's an article published on a conservative instance on a topic that could be of interest to a community around here, i think it makes sense to enable to merge discussions, but i think per-community discussions still make sense.

This raises the question of how to deal with this in the UI when crossposting/commenting/viewing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I suppose there could be options to crosspost as copy (current behaviour) or as link to the existing post (as requested here).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah that makes sense, like a "Split discussions" checkbox :)