It almost[1] sounds like auto-generated sequences—that is, linked posts being collected together into a sequence, automatically—would be a good idea.
[1] This might make people more hesitant to link posts together, or create a mess—it might be hard to come up with algorithms that can tell when to make 1 sequence, and when to make 2.
The closest alternative seems like a general graph navigation system. (With post titles as nodes [2], and links between linked posts, and possibly colors indicating direction (A linked to B is red if you have A selected, but Blue if B is selected.))
[2] And a link for going to a post if you’ve selected that node.
at the bottom of a post
With regards to distillation, I’d note that if a post is really long this might not be ideal, especially for users who don’t know their way around this site—those who do know their way around, and about the feature, can just click on the Comments link in the title, then scroll up to see the bottom of the post.
It almost[1] sounds like auto-generated sequences—that is, linked posts being collected together into a sequence, automatically—would be a good idea.
[1] This might make people more hesitant to link posts together, or create a mess—it might be hard to come up with algorithms that can tell when to make 1 sequence, and when to make 2.
The closest alternative seems like a general graph navigation system. (With post titles as nodes [2], and links between linked posts, and possibly colors indicating direction (A linked to B is red if you have A selected, but Blue if B is selected.))
[2] And a link for going to a post if you’ve selected that node.
With regards to distillation, I’d note that if a post is really long this might not be ideal, especially for users who don’t know their way around this site—those who do know their way around, and about the feature, can just click on the Comments link in the title, then scroll up to see the bottom of the post.