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  • # User prespective
  • From the perspective of a user, my minimum requirement would be that every version of the question should include links to all other versions of the same post. In particular also the existing post should be edited/commented on to include links to new versions.
  • - this will ensure that future users with the same problem don't get stuck in dead end. If they don't find a solution here, they can at least move on to check the other versions of the post
  • - it avoids users to spend time and effort on developing a solution to a problem which might already have been solved. A user can of course make the deliberate decision to answer an already solved problem, e.g. with a different approach, but they need to know about about existing answers to make this deliberate descension.
  • # Site perspective
  • Verbatim cross-posts don't seem to be advantageous of the search engine optimisation of a small site like Codidact - in particular if they are the majority of posts.
  • On this basis, I would ban verbatim (or near verbatim) cross-posts for now. If the activity of the site grows, one could revisit this policy.
  • # User perspective
  • From the perspective of a user, my minimum requirement would be that every version of the question should include links to all other versions of the same post. In particular also the existing post should be edited/commented on to include links to new versions.
  • - this will ensure that future users with the same problem don't get stuck in a dead end. If they don't find a solution here, they can at least move on to check the other versions of the post.
  • - it avoids users spending time and effort on developing a solution to a problem which might already have been solved. A user can of course make the deliberate decision to answer an already solved problem, e.g. with a different approach, but they need to know about about existing answers to make this deliberate decision.
  • # Site perspective
  • Verbatim cross-posts don't seem to be advantageous to the search engine optimisation of a small site like Codidact - in particular if they are the majority of posts.
  • On this basis, I would ban verbatim (or near verbatim) cross-posts for now. If the activity of the site grows, one could revisit this policy.

Suggested over 1 year ago by trichoplax‭