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I often notice you listing other (dup?) threads on a broader topic. Is it just an informative exercise as in - "people, check out these too", or more like somet

I often notice you listing other (dup?) threads on a broader topic. Is it just an informative exercise as in - "people, check out these too", or more like something frustrating - "why start so many threads!"?

dang 6y ago
100% the former. And yet it often comes across as the latter. I'm still looking for a brief way to express this that's clear. Sometimes I disambiguate like this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22for%20the%20curious%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... I wonder if "from the archives" would be clearer?
- 609venezia 6y ago
  "See also" (from the legal blue book) seems like a natural indicator. As applied here it could be as simple as: << See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23145592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23145592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23130674 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23130674 ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23126517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23126517 >> The links already indicate that the pointers are to previous Hacker News threads, so no need to specify that part. If you want to use you "from the archives" language it could be something like "see also from the archives"
  - dang 6y ago
    "See also" is nice and short. I'll try that.
  - yesenadam 6y ago
    > The links already indicate that the pointers are to previous Hacker News threads Well, no, links to individual comments share the same format.
- jedberg 6y ago
  On reddit it’s labeled “other discussions” and it’s an auto created tab. Do you have to do a lot of curation Of the Algolia results? If not, maybe you can make it automatic?
  - dang 6y ago
    There's a lot of curation, alas. But it's on my list to write some software to alleviate the grunty bits. Beyond that, the way to make this a real feature would be to allow community members to craft the list of related links together. That's on the list too. And it could probably include related URLs that aren't just to past HN discussions.
- cbanek 6y ago
  I like "from the archives." Or maybe "comments from past discussions"? Although maybe a bit too scifi, in my family we call these kinds of archival history factoids "the knowledge of the Krell" (from Forbidden Planet), in that if you absorbed it all, it would kill you. Also, thank you for doing this, it's always appreciated from me! Super useful!

dang 6y ago

100% the former. And yet it often comes across as the latter. I'm still looking for a brief way to express this that's clear. Sometimes I disambiguate like this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22for%20the%20curious%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... I wonder if "from the archives" would be clearer?

609venezia 6y ago
"See also" (from the legal blue book) seems like a natural indicator. As applied here it could be as simple as: << See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23145592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23145592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23130674 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23130674 ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23126517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23126517 >> The links already indicate that the pointers are to previous Hacker News threads, so no need to specify that part. If you want to use you "from the archives" language it could be something like "see also from the archives"
- dang 6y ago
  "See also" is nice and short. I'll try that.
- yesenadam 6y ago
  > The links already indicate that the pointers are to previous Hacker News threads Well, no, links to individual comments share the same format.
jedberg 6y ago
On reddit it’s labeled “other discussions” and it’s an auto created tab. Do you have to do a lot of curation Of the Algolia results? If not, maybe you can make it automatic?
- dang 6y ago
  There's a lot of curation, alas. But it's on my list to write some software to alleviate the grunty bits. Beyond that, the way to make this a real feature would be to allow community members to craft the list of related links together. That's on the list too. And it could probably include related URLs that aren't just to past HN discussions.
cbanek 6y ago
I like "from the archives." Or maybe "comments from past discussions"? Although maybe a bit too scifi, in my family we call these kinds of archival history factoids "the knowledge of the Krell" (from Forbidden Planet), in that if you absorbed it all, it would kill you. Also, thank you for doing this, it's always appreciated from me! Super useful!