Glossary
Feedback Lineage
Kithspark's tracking that keeps every idea credited through merges and splits.
In short
Feedback lineage is Kithspark's concept that every idea, comment, and vote is a tracked entity whose credit and notifications survive merges, splits, and partial delivery. As feedback is reorganized over time, the link to the people who contributed it never breaks, so requesters are always told what happened to their input.
Feedback lineage treats each idea, comment, and vote as a tracked entity rather than a disposable note. When a product team merges two requests, splits one into several, or ships only part of an idea, the lineage keeps every contributor connected to where their input went.
This matters because reorganizing feedback usually breaks the trail, leaving people uncertain whether they were heard. In Kithspark, lineage preserves credit and drives lifecycle notifications, so requesters and voters are told what happened even after their idea has been reshaped.
Example
Two similar requests merge into one theme, that theme ships partially, and every original requester is still notified and credited.
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