• Ptsf@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Why would they do the thing they do on the box, the website, in a little packet, and over the phone?..

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      11 days ago

      I think I should explain. A post is the main, original content that someone uploads to the internet for others to reply to, supplying a separate space, called a comment section, for people to discuss. It can be a picture, text, link, or some combination of the three.

      A comment, despite being able to hold the same content, is not a post as it is not the main, original content someone posted. A comment does not create a separate space, but it does create a comment thread, a string of replies, usually by separate users.

      A comment is to a post as the red marks on your school papers were to your writings. Hope that helps!

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          11 days ago

          But I enjoyed explaining the difference between a post and a comment a fair bit more. I comment for me! But I’m a bit upset that no one has “umm, actually’d” the mistake I added later.