This might be a situation where a story merge feature would come in handy. In a "merged thread" the title could have more than one link value (but still have a

This might be a situation where a story merge feature would come in handy. In a "merged thread" the title could have more than one link value (but still have a canonical (by mod standard) top ranked url.) And the discussion could be merged to one thread (or version controlled in correspondence with a particular top level link.) I also think it would have some other benefits: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7564254 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7564254 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7564289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7564289