Yeah I gotta jump on the pro mega thread bandwagon here. On r/politics I can only imagine how worthless the front page would become if they had let every big story be posted in individual posts.
And we can’t rely on users, because some people will like different sources (WaPo, NPR, CNN, whatever) more than others. We also don’t want some bot magically hiding “duplicate” posts because who knows if it will do a good job? A big long list of similar submissions collected in one place for everyone to see is the best worst option.
I love megathreads for when I have to sleep through an event and I want a detailed recap
Yeah I gotta jump on the pro mega thread bandwagon here. On r/politics I can only imagine how worthless the front page would become if they had let every big story be posted in individual posts.
And we can’t rely on users, because some people will like different sources (WaPo, NPR, CNN, whatever) more than others. We also don’t want some bot magically hiding “duplicate” posts because who knows if it will do a good job? A big long list of similar submissions collected in one place for everyone to see is the best worst option.