The "Unknown or expired link" chestnut. Why can't "More" link to ..page=2?

Re:The "Unknown or expired link" chestnut. Why can't "More" ... by lutusp on Saturday February 23, 2013 @03:05AM (#5268951)

> As to why pg can't use normal pagination instead of user-specific state, I dunno ...

I can think of one reason:

* A user loads the front page.

* By the time the user clicks "More" at the bottom, page 1, and all subsequent pages, have been updated with new content.

* So the server can't provide the old page 2 to a user who just saw the old page 1, for the reason that neither of the original pages even exists any more.

* To avoid confusing the reader, instead of providing an out-of-sync page 2, the server instead shows a "expired link" message.

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Re:The "Unknown or expired link" chestnut. Why can't "More" ... by aaronbrethorst on Saturday February 23, 2013 @03:09AM (#5268958)

I bet that the percentage of people who go to the second page is in the single digits. Personally, I'd happily trade off a little confusion for a simpler, more scalable piece of software. That said, it looks like the HN software is scaling well enough, so more power to the man.

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Re:The "Unknown or expired link" chestnut. Why can't "More" ... by johnmw on Saturday February 23, 2013 @03:37AM (#5269021)

Single digits, eh? Wanna put some hard cash on that bet? ;)

Thanks for the reply, I've replied to this answer (above/below/Unknown or Expired Link).

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