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I can't program, but I can think, I solved this issue in excel by ordering a list alphabetically, check if row n = row n-1, delete if it does. Reorder by date/time, publish.
Backstop-
That manual process applied to a spreadsheet on your laptop is one thing. Managing data at scale in an automated fashion in an online application with a large number of concurrent users is a whole different context.
But hey, how hard can it be? It works on your laptop.
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There are shortcuts to this in database query languages - I thought it was more a design decision over whether it's beneficial to have the same thread shown twice in the stream because the context differs in each instance.
i.e. if I @Backstop you then it's likely this thread shows up twice for you because I've both replied and included your handle in the post.
Or something.
itsbruce
Howard
Feel free to help improve this query:
https://github.com/microcosm-cc/microcosm/blob/master/models/updates.go#L329-L487