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Why does this need its own thread? (Other than ego-stroking the OP) Seems like any response could be in the main thread or linked from there rather than splitti

• feyn 10y ago
  (I'm the author) My bad. No excuses.
  • jMyles 10y ago
    I upvoted it. I'm glad you posted it.
    • feyn 10y ago
      Thanks, I appreciate it. nroach does have a point. I made a judgement call, and can see both sides of if it was a good one.
• jMyles 10y ago
  Are we running out of threads? :-) Threads are cheap and this came to my attention more strongly this way than if it had just been a comment. Every piece of prose posted here is, in some way, a response to something. I'm not sure it's "ego-stroking," strictly speaking. What's wrong with giving the author recognition?
  • feyn 10y ago
    (me = author) FWIW, I can totally understand how it could come across as ego stroking. In this particular case I wasn't trying to, but I have been guilty of it in my life. As for recognition, trust me - give it a week and no one will remember my article ever existed. I honestly just wanted to answer ian0's question thoughtfully, and made the best call I could think of.
• etjossem 10y ago
  Because this isn't just a response, but a piece of long-form content which stands well on its own. We generally use submissions for those. Comments are a great venue for short-form replies, but not for multi-page analyses of an interesting question.