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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] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I think it would make sense to keep cross-posts different threads. Different communities have different styles, norms and rules for the discussion.

However I think it would be amazing to have the option to:

View all comments about a URL on one page.
View all comments from my communities on one page.

Basically I think the underlying implementation should be kept as it currently is, but I think the UI could allow the user to visually merge these together when desired (maybe by default).

I think the main complication is that if you are viewing the merged view you need to decide which community to leave the comment on (or support cross-posting comments???) so it is a slight overhead for those who prefer to see things merged. But overall I think this would be a better solution.