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I like this idea, but I wonder if it should be optional. For the link to search results that you mention, that sounds sufficiently unobtrusive that perhaps it wouldn't need to be optional. I think...
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#2: Post edited
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trichoplax
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2024-02-14T23:59:58Z (3 months ago)
Edit since I had misread the question (which never mentioned the question list)
I like this idea, but I wonder if it should be optional, in at least some places. For example, I'd probably like to be able to switch it off in the question list for at least some of the time.- > I *would* argue that we have a problem if the reader needs to go seek these posts out, though, since it would mean we have failed to deliver the best Q/A possible.
- Although we strive to deliver the best possible, we're all fallible so it would be good for the reader to have this opportunity to judge for themselves, and potentially raise on Meta if they disagree about which of the posts should be closed as a duplicate.
- I like this idea, but I wonder if it should be optional.
- For the link to search results that you mention, that sounds sufficiently unobtrusive that perhaps it wouldn't need to be optional. I think it would need a feature request for search first though - I don't think there's currently a way to search by which question a duplicate targets.
- > I *would* argue that we have a problem if the reader needs to go seek these posts out, though, since it would mean we have failed to deliver the best Q/A possible.
- Although we strive to deliver the best possible, we're all fallible so it would be good for the reader to have this opportunity to judge for themselves, and potentially raise on Meta if they disagree about which of the posts should be closed as a duplicate.
#1: Initial revision
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trichoplax
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2024-02-14T20:32:43Z (3 months ago)
I like this idea, but I wonder if it should be optional, in at least some places. For example, I'd probably like to be able to switch it off in the question list for at least some of the time. > I *would* argue that we have a problem if the reader needs to go seek these posts out, though, since it would mean we have failed to deliver the best Q/A possible. Although we strive to deliver the best possible, we're all fallible so it would be good for the reader to have this opportunity to judge for themselves, and potentially raise on Meta if they disagree about which of the posts should be closed as a duplicate.