I was misinterpreting things, or the site is misinterpreting them to me. When I search your history and click on one of your top-level postings, in the resulting window the word “MAIN” is highlighted and “DISCUSSION” is not. But further tests show that this is always true, whichever section the post was in.
Got it. The site is misinterpreting my post to you. My post is accessible through two urls: the main one, and the discussion one. (This is the case for every discussion post, including here). As it happens the links you clicked on use the main section url.
Besides the duplication of resources, using the main url when the discussion one is meant is misleading. Bug for the site redesign, I guess? (Edit: done) I also dare not test if my karma goes up 10 point if someone vote for it through the main link. (But I think such hijacking is unlikely)
I was misinterpreting things, or the site is misinterpreting them to me. When I search your history and click on one of your top-level postings, in the resulting window the word “MAIN” is highlighted and “DISCUSSION” is not. But further tests show that this is always true, whichever section the post was in.
Got it. The site is misinterpreting my post to you. My post is accessible through two urls: the main one, and the discussion one. (This is the case for every discussion post, including here). As it happens the links you clicked on use the main section url.
Besides the duplication of resources, using the main url when the discussion one is meant is misleading. Bug for the site redesign, I guess? (Edit: done) I also dare not test if my karma goes up 10 point if someone vote for it through the main link. (But I think such hijacking is unlikely)