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Test Story – Please Ignore (BBC)

• quanticle 11y ago
  Why is this on the front page of Hacker News?
  • tempestn 11y ago
    I didn't post it, but I'm guessing 1) it's mildly technically interesting that the BBC requires a publicly visible test story like this, and 2) it's funny. Edit: Although of course technically the answer is the same as it always is: because a sufficient number of HN readers decided it was worthy of upvote.
  • nindalf 11y ago
    Because OP is a rebel and wants to do the opposite of what the BBC has asked.
• ysr23 11y ago
  Why the query string? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35233951 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35233951
  • toxicFork 11y ago
    You get that when you use the share buttons, possibly the author saw the post in a social network
    • toxicFork 11y ago
      The other interesting aspect of that is when you share on Twitter it still says fb
• r-w 11y ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20160129100410/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35233951?SThisFB%3FSThisFB https://web.archive.org/web/20160129100410/http://www.bbc.co...