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Did anyone else just feel that?

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Something like earthquake posts (along with sprawling moral debates) is something where something between lj and news would be a useful interface.

Would it not be most useful if the first earthquake appeared on your friends-list (and was assigned a unique message id), but people could choose to post follow-ups (citing that id) that appeared as posts on the friends-lists of friends who hadn't seen the original, but as comments on that post for people who know both people?

Then everyone sees an "I felt an earthquake" post, with a list of comments, rather than at least one post per overlapping friends group. And, if a post has an ongoing discussion thread in response, you could de-tag it and make it standalone again.

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Pjc suggests some people actually may have felt the quake and some won't. "When our neighbour built his extension, he had to piledrive to get a solid foundation. I think will be happening around here is that houses that are built on actual rock will have felt the quake and those that are on floating foundations won't have done."

http://beckyc.livejournal.com/587173.html?thread=4265381