Another social news aggregator (the one frequented by crustaceans and disenfranchised Hacker News users) implemented a "story merge" feature yesterday. It is a

Another social news aggregator (the one frequented by crustaceans and disenfranchised Hacker News users) implemented a "story merge" feature yesterday. It is a really nice feature. https://github.com/jcs/lobsters/commit/73b8df5eb7d9cc0de318968e6474f6f7c59d7b72 https://github.com/jcs/lobsters/commit/73b8df5eb7d9cc0de3189... This feature would significantly reduce noise around major events, and likely prevent second order noise as people try to piggy back on with tangential analysis, derivative stories, or redundant commentary.