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May I ask why did you move comments here and changed URL to that other entry, instead of just moving comments from this thread to the other? ISTM you already ha
by throw_a_grenade 2y ago
May I ask why did you move comments here and changed URL to that other entry, instead of just moving comments from this thread to the other? ISTM you already had a submission with correct URL, so naively it sounds simpler to do one operation than two...
(I know nothing about moderation tools)
- dang 2y agoI'd already forgotten! but I think I've reconstructed it. I changed the URL of the current post (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40587079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40587079) because the haaretz.com article seemed better than the forbes.com one. Normally we would do it the other way, as you mentioned - we'd move the comments to the submission with the better article. But in this case I didn't want to reward that submitter because their pattern of submissions was clearly breaking HN's guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40587097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40587097. So I did it the other way.
- throw_a_grenade 2y agoThanks for explanation!