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Totally true.
But on the web, people seem to suddenly freeze when two entirely different concepts are referred to by the same verb.
It becomes a comedy sketch of unnecessary confusion, "Post a comment? A comment is a post? But I posted an event, an event is not a comment? WTF is going on, I don't even!... (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ".
Rage abounds... we'll avoid using obviously reasonable English when it clearly leads to some people having apoplectic fits, which only harms engagement.
Velocio
Emyr
"Append a comment"? We've been metaphorically and literally posting stuff since the invention of writing, when you had to actually find a physical post on which to write your comment, or later after paper took over to which you could nail your missive. And of course, it's still the method in http,