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Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071568 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071568 Although as so often happens, the first submission sinks without a

Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071568 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071568 Although as so often happens, the first submission sinks without a trace, a subsequent duplicate submission gets an upvote on the "newest" page, makes it to the front page and thereby gets noticed generally. This is one argument to suggest why the duplication detection algorithm should not be tightened significantly - if a link has any real merit, and it's news rather than something old that someone has run across, then it has several chances of not being missed, becuase it will get submitted several times. Earlier submissions of the same story also sank (mostly) without trace: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071533 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071533 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071093 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071093

Confusion 17y ago
The submission could also be counted as an automatic upvote, achieving the same effect, while still allowing tightening of the duplication detection algorithm. One article with two votes is better than two articles with one vote. For low numbers of votes, I guess it shouldn't matter the first few votes are old.
- ars 17y ago
  "The submission could also be counted as an automatic upvote" It does already. If submit a url that is already there, it gives it an automatic upvote.
  - Sukotto 17y ago
    That's only worthwhile if you also reset the time decay. upvoting something old has virtually no impact on its chance of moving to the front page
- j_baker 17y ago
  Note that the algorithm is weighted against time as well. If I upvote something that was posted a month ago, it is practically useless.
Mz 17y ago
It's the same story but three different articles. The article linked here has better photos and is better written. So it doesn't surprise me that it got attention when the other two didn't. Though if anyone is interested, one of the other two has a (soundless) 38 second video showing the growth of the slime mold. Pretty cool stuff.

Confusion 17y ago

The submission could also be counted as an automatic upvote, achieving the same effect, while still allowing tightening of the duplication detection algorithm. One article with two votes is better than two articles with one vote. For low numbers of votes, I guess it shouldn't matter the first few votes are old.

ars 17y ago
"The submission could also be counted as an automatic upvote" It does already. If submit a url that is already there, it gives it an automatic upvote.
- Sukotto 17y ago
  That's only worthwhile if you also reset the time decay. upvoting something old has virtually no impact on its chance of moving to the front page
j_baker 17y ago
Note that the algorithm is weighted against time as well. If I upvote something that was posted a month ago, it is practically useless.

Mz 17y ago

It's the same story but three different articles. The article linked here has better photos and is better written. So it doesn't surprise me that it got attention when the other two didn't. Though if anyone is interested, one of the other two has a (soundless) 38 second video showing the growth of the slime mold. Pretty cool stuff.