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What are siblings?

Asked by nyc_air (284points) May 10th, 2010

I have seen it on the bottom right of the page and its a box that directs you to other questions. But what is it and what is it for?

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bongo's avatar

Questions that are somehow related to the current question that you are on. sometimes follow the same subject or written by the same person, it just leads you onto other, older questions you may be interested in.

oh and welcome to fluther.

nyc_air's avatar

thank you!

Kayak8's avatar

I thought I knew what siblings were but thanks to @bongo for making sense of some of the “connections.” Perhaps some of the odd threads were the result of the same questioner (because there is no other earthly reason for them to be connected)!

Jeruba's avatar

They might have the same tags, too. Sometimes tags don’t mean the same thing to everyone who uses them.

Kayak8's avatar

@jeruba thanks for that insight as well, I have often wondered how some things could possibly be connected . . .

SuperMouse's avatar

I clicked on this question expecting to add some philosophical response about how siblings are closer to you genetically than your own parents. Oops!

Kayak8's avatar

@SuperMouse Meta Mouse, Meta . . .

loser's avatar

I thought they were young trees!

Jeruba's avatar

I have wondered why siblings don’t change at all. Unless my observation is faulty, it seems to be true that no matter how many times you come back to the same question, the siblings are always the same.

Kayak8's avatar

@Jeruba Much to my dismay that is the way it happens in my family as well . . .

SuperMouse's avatar

@Kayak8 when it came up in my Questions for You there was no way to tell it was in Meta.

Kayak8's avatar

@supermouse just teasing you hon . . . . but you bring up a very good point . . .

Jeruba's avatar

Lurve for the laugh, @Kayak8.

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