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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by hffftz on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:17AM (#29875100)
It would help if HN would automatically link to previous discussions (next to the title?) if there are any... It seems wasteful having people do it manually
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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by digianarchist on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:20AM (#29875161)
That’s what the “past” button does.
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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by hffftz on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:05AM (#29875890)
Why are there always people linking to previous discussions then? Including dang himself...
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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by iqanq on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:33AM (#29876372)
They were doing it for you because you didn't know about that button. But now that you do, they will stop doing it.
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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by hffftz on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:53AM (#29876688)
Wouldn't it be easier to create an automated comment for everyone else?
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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by jtbayly on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:14AM (#29877022)
Because the past button doesn't actually do that. lol

Edit: Oops. I didn't see there are two "past" buttons. I guess one of them does do that. TIL.

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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by GordonS on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:04AM (#29876861)
Well, it's certainly handy when using a mobile client that doesn't have a "Past" button, like Materialistic :)
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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by Dylan16807 on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:15PM (#29880121)
It would need to change color when there are past discussions with more than a couple comments, or something.

The "if there are any" part is more important than the actual links.

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