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4chan threads are more like DAGs
by barbarr 2y ago
4chan threads are more like DAGs
- krapp 2y agoThe graph of 4chan threads are definitely cyclical, since they can include back-references.
- basil-rash 2y agoTo be cyclical they’d need to have elements in reply to a post made after they were created. Including back references is a way of adding more parents, not children.
- philosopher1234 2y agoYou can reference posts that haven’t happened yet
- basil-rash 2y agoYou are referring to providing a sequential post ID past the current latest? That is more of a quirk of their naming convention than a product feature. UUID's, for instance, would not support this, and checks could be made in either case to prevent it.