In-reply-to » Location-based addressing is vulnerable to the content changing. If the content changes the "location" is no longer valid. This is a problem if you build systems that rely on this.

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Location-based addressing is vulnerable to the content changing. If the content changes the “location” is no longer valid. This is a problem if you build systems that rely on this.

What you’re mentioning is the primary reason, imho, for location-based addressing. You’re referencing a certain entry in a feed by its timestamp and the author is free to edit it. This solves the problem of broken threads after edits. And editing “raw” twtxt files is a very natural thing to do in the twtxt world (just not in *Yarn*’s world). It’s one of the core aspects and main selling points: You just have a file that you can edit with vi or whatever, done.

If you think changing content is a vulnerability of location-based addressing, then I get the feeling that there’s some kind of big misunderstanding going on here. 🤔 Either on your end or on mine/ours. 🤔

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