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		mannschott on April 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All you need is links The article's proposed mapping of tags and especially comments to links strikes me as unavoidably clunky in a world where one-way links are the only kind available. Maybe I'd find this golden hammer argument more convincing in the context of a hypertext system where bi-directional links [1] were common and well supported. [1] https://maggieappleton.com/bidirectionals

twobitshifter on April 6, 2022 [–]

Yes the author is relying on backlinks for his model as is mentioned. Pagerank would be much less novel if backlinks were a everyday thing.

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