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Linking to an earlier post doesn't really do anything except fragment any conversation across two different posts. I'm sure the original poster won't take it pe
by dyladan 12y ago
Linking to an earlier post doesn't really do anything except fragment any conversation across two different posts. I'm sure the original poster won't take it personally that his post didn't make the front page and this one did.
- signa11 12y agonah, it absolutely doesn't matter at all. i am just interested in seeing a healthy discussion on the topic, and get a few more insights from the very talented folks that lurk here. :)
- jff 12y agoThis is his MO on this site. Yes, I too have noticed that things tend to get posted multiple times, or that the same fucking Jargon File entries get posted every time the previous one "expires". I just don't harp on it (much)
- scott_s 12y agoPlease note that Colin is not trying to be pedantic. He's trying to link the discussions for now and the future. This is a Good Thing.
- ColinWright 12y agoWhen I originally posted that there was discussion in neither place. Now that this is where discussion has happened I'll delete the cross-reference, since, as you say, it serves no value, and possibly has negative value. Usually I'm linking to an existing discussion, but in this case I was just pointing to an earlier submission in case that's where it started.