The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014)

Re:The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) by lkrubner on Thursday April 12, 2018 @01:38PM (#16823155)

Just curious, but why not automate your link to the previous discussion? Why does Hacker News rely on people like you to post links to previous discussions? If there has been 3 discussions of an essay, over the course of 8 years, why not list all 3 discussions, when someone posts it again in the year 2021?

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Re:The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) by djur on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:23PM (#16823551)

This already exists -- the "past" link under the submission title.

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Re:The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) by danield9tqh on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:58PM (#16825267)

I don't think the 'past' link conforms to current best design patterns. We should refactor it so that it automatically posts a comment on the article.

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Re:The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) by dang on Thursday April 12, 2018 @01:51PM (#16823250)

Someone caring enough to look and post the links is a high-pass filter for interestingness.

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Re:The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) by c22 on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:04PM (#16823368)

Isn't the same link being posted over and over already such a filter?

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Re:The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) by dang on Thursday April 12, 2018 @03:20PM (#16824061)

Maybe of some kind, but not the same.

I'm reluctant to introduce mechanical postings for anything because it's important for the content here to have variety and not be predictable. And also to be related to the people in the community.

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Re:The Lava Layer Anti-Pattern (2014) by hekfu on Thursday April 12, 2018 @04:30PM (#16824667)

And thank you for this. Despite my gripes with it, HN is indeed a community,not a 'platform'. Thinks like this policy keep it this way

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