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This has been submitted an impressive 5 times in the last 3 hours.[1] Last time the repost filter got changed it was still supposed to 'reject reposts for a few

by rory096 11y ago

This has been submitted an impressive 5 times in the last 3 hours.[1] Last time the repost filter got changed it was still supposed to 'reject reposts for a few hours to avoid stampedes'[2] – maybe a bug, dang? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645 EDIT: Hmm, looks like it's probably that Buzzfeed's adding a bunch of random characters in the URL hash fragment that are different for each user.

dang 11y ago
Yes, it's because of the different URLs, thus not related to recent changes. Anybody know of a reliable way to tell whether a query string can safely be dropped from a URL?
- dmarlow 11y ago
  Sometimes using the canonical link within the served page can help. link rel="canonical" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/how-wework-convinced-investors-its-worth-billions" http://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/how-wework-convinced-inv... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element
- geofft 11y ago
  Aren't all utm_foo query-string parameters from Google Analytics ("Urchin Traffic Monitor") tracking, and therefore not only safe but possibly an actively good idea to drop on a re-aggregator like Hacker News? If I see an article get tweeted and that URL includes ?utm_source=twitter, it doesn't seem too useful to anyone for HN to keep that. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en
  - dang 11y ago
    Yes, but I'm wondering about the general case.