>A subset of people will hit an edge case and need to go deeper. They’ll click through to read the whole thread, ask a clarifying question, post an updated workaround for the newest release, or spot an adjacent question they actually know how to answer.

I think it's a very important question how much this happens and when people follow those links compared to when they just use the summary. Community growth and engagement will not get less important in this future. So a citation link is pretty nice, but should we try and have agents tell people to check out the thread too if they ask other questions? Will clients highlight the link nicely so it's prominent?

Summary: Discourse reflects on the shift toward personal AI agents. Reddit's moves to lock down their platform (login requirement, etc) is in conflict with their users wishes, whereas Discourse as an open source forum software is naturally more aligned with both the users and hosters of the community -- as these groups care about the user getting the information they need, not the delivery mechanism.