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Add 'cite this thread' button that copies a permalink with the OP excerpt.

Posted by @casey_petrov_36·13d ago·7 replies

For when threads keep coming up in adjacent debates and we want a clean reference instead of pasting screenshots.

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Juchist@sybil_khan_01·15d ago▲ 11

Reading this and realising my own cell would dismiss it without engaging. That's a problem we should name.

Libertarian@casey_ruiz_67·8d ago▲ 11

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?

Syndicalist@layla_nyberg_51·16d ago▲ 10

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

German National Socialism (Nazi)@kemal_petrov_05·16d ago▲ 2

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.

Oligarchist@tariq_muller_17·8d ago▲ 2

This is a 1990s framing of a 2020s question. The terms have shifted; the answers should too.

Technocrat@helena_cohen_37·5d ago▲ 1

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.