I think it might be helpful to imagine what the forum would look like if this were a typical approach?
Also, consider what it does to the tree of the discussion: every duplicate comment forks the tree. Imagine I think there is something false in the comment that I think it’s readers should know. I write it on the first copy that appears, but every later copy will not have my response. I could try and track the copy-pasting and duplicate my response as well, but that requires manual tracking and is also even more noisy.
I think it might be helpful to imagine what the forum would look like if this were a typical approach?
Also, consider what it does to the tree of the discussion: every duplicate comment forks the tree. Imagine I think there is something false in the comment that I think it’s readers should know. I write it on the first copy that appears, but every later copy will not have my response. I could try and track the copy-pasting and duplicate my response as well, but that requires manual tracking and is also even more noisy.
Thanks I didn’t think of that.
Maybe a bit of inconvenience for people like me is worth it to prevent potential mess like you say.