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Links Links Links
An absolute essential and fundamental tool for internet discussion is the ability to link to sources for context and to provide transparency in posting. This is particularly an issue for a column like Glenn Greenwald's who sets a very high standard for providing support for his assertions. His readers try to also meet that standard, but it is nearly impossible under the current interface.
And, of course, it could be argued that any application on the web that doesn't support links is violating the central design element that has made the Hypertext Transfer Protocol a stunningly successful protocol.