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by basch 2132 days ago
I wish this was dated, as of when they did it. SSC is back up, so while its nice having an index to browse and some editorial "best of" contribution, I otherwise dont know why youd read the articles here and not the original site.
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I agree. I even doubt why it'd gone to the first page given the original blog is already up and functioning.
You mean this blog with default CSS? And barely any site navigation?

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/23/ssc-gives-a-graduation...

Yes. It also has all the original conversation below the posts restored. The theme doesnt matter that much to me because I can control the display of a page client side, using something like Mercury or Dark Reader etc. In fact, I quite like the lack of a theme, leaving it entirely up to me. (Not that your theme in any way impedes that same freedom.)
I think you may be a bit different than the modal person being targeted with this site.
I'm not sure I follow. Is the value add you bring to his blog the theming?

I ask because, the curated index you offer could just link back to the original posts.

Given everything else being equal, I would prefer to read the original source over a mirror. I then dont have to verify it is an accurate representation, and they dont have to be kept in sync if things change on the source end. Maybe a separate clickable link at the end of each line that takes you to the original post would be helpful. (orig) A link blog / pure index model would also run less afoul of any sort of copyright issue, if you wanted to extend this concept to other blogs. I would personally encourage this, shifting to a more generalized linkblog that links outward to other sscesque writing. It makes your offering more unique than a theme and index.

If you havent used something like Mercury before, check it out. I prefer it to browsers built in reading modes. (It's the successor to Readability.) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mercury-reader/okn...