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In theory, that shouldn't happen. HN should detect duplicates and just add an upvote to the existing submission when it is resubmitted.
by doki_pen 11y ago
In theory, that shouldn't happen. HN should detect duplicates and just add an upvote to the existing submission when it is resubmitted.
- pjc50 11y agoIn practice, it happens quite a lot. The duplicate detector is easily fooled, and often the same underlying "story" is reported in a bunch of places. Getting traction on an HN submission is very random. Unless it's about discrimination in tech work, at which point it will be flagged off the front page almost immediately.
- adenadel 11y agoAlso, duplicates are only detected for (I think) 8 hours. After that you can resubmit.
- ganeumann 11y agoThe duplicate detector is a bit odd. Not sure what its rules are, but it doesn't always seem to work. One example (only noticed this because I wrote the linked blog post.) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8860103 : http://reactionwheel.net/2015/01/80s-vc.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8908463 : http://reactionwheel.net/2015/01/80s-vc.html?newpost https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8927285 : http://reactionwheel.net/2015/01/80s-vc.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9129911 : http://reactionwheel.net/2015/01/80s-vc.html