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I would say that if it’s the same exact copy/link it’s one thing. Or doing something like HackerNews where you remove a post but put a pinned/top level comment explaining its a dupe and here’s the source.
But there are times that different coverage of the same story can carry different insights and details. Which can be useful to gain a more complete picture.
Sure, no argument there. There's a choice to be made between "post the second story as a comment to the first one" and "post the second story a a separate topic". I'm in favor of the first approach to keep discussion in one spot, but it's not something I feel super-strongly about.
Maybe a time lag would be useful? Something along the lines of: "versions of a story appearing within a week of the first post should be attached to the original as replies, versions a week or more afterwards [that present substantial developments] can start a new thread"? It likely wouldn't be possible to enforce a substantial development rule, but there can be dramatic changes to the story over time. The Titan submersible business was a different story on the Thursday than it was on the Monday of the same week, for example (which breaks my own rule, of course, but I think it's an easy example) and there will probably be another story once some more analysis has been done. I agree that it would be better to have fewer threads to get a richer conversation, but I think there are limits to what actually fits in a single thread.
we try to strike a balance but i will note that so far this has mostly gone the way of "flooding the front page with several minimally distinct copies of the same story"
Of course. And I think it’s worth stating you all do a good job there. Just wanted to point out there are times where the initial reports are lacking in detail or outright incorrect in the rush to be first to press. So some way of linking later threads/posts that aren’t minimally distinct, can really bring the quality up.
I know the mod tools are lacking so there’s also the “you gotta work with what you can” too
I agree. I think letting people post links to additional articles in a megathread works well, like for the submersible story.
Thank you again for all the hard work you've been doing as a volunteer!