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URL detection isn't as trivial as it sounds - lots of edge cases http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/challenge-realtime-url-matching-how-we-do-

• Nwallins 17y ago
  I wonder if you could do a quick content check -- something along the lines of: Run the content through the "Readability" filter (http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/) Hash the first N paragraphs Compare the hash on a submitted article to all hashes from that domain
• fnid2 17y ago
  It doesn't have to be a perfect solution. Making an http request to a submitted url and grabbing the contents of the title tag is a trivial development effort that add a lot of value to a community that doesn't want to see the same stuff on the front page over and over...