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HN does need a gold or classic posts tab so we automatically note this reposting. Appearing again and again hints to the fact the article is ^more interesting^

HN does need a gold or classic posts tab so we automatically note this reposting. Appearing again and again hints to the fact the article is ^more interesting^ than usual.

pvg 10y ago
Yes and there's a probably a whole other interesting post to be written about the critiques that have come up over the years, including some that claim the original is no longer representative of how varnish works today.
Mathnerd314 10y ago
Stackoverflow has "community wiki" questions, maybe HN could have community wiki comments? OTOH my limited experience suggests that the majority of front-page articles will get reposted several times. Or someone could publish a "Best of HN" collection, then change all reposts to link to that.
- bootload 10y ago
  "Best of HN" collection" that @Mathnerd is a good idea. It would not be hard to do this remotely via a script.
  - Mathnerd314 10y ago
    Yeah. It's a little tricky though, because the top posts (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page...) are all one-time events, and the # of people on HN has been increasing so upvotes aren't comparable across time. The criteria should be something like "reached the front page multiple times over several years".
    - bootload 10y ago
      what is the hn.angolia search term for the "past" of a story? i.e.: for "So what's wrong with 1975 programming?" it is https://hn.algolia.com/?query=So%20what's%20wrong%20with%201975%20programming%3F&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0pe=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=So%20what's%20wrong%20with%201... Having this means you can measure how popular they are.
rakoo 10y ago
Most importantly, posts with that label should have links to all previous discussions

HN does need a gold or classic posts tab so we automatically note this reposting. Appearing again and again hints to the fact the article is ^more interesting^ than usual.

pvg 10y ago

Yes and there's a probably a whole other interesting post to be written about the critiques that have come up over the years, including some that claim the original is no longer representative of how varnish works today.

Mathnerd314 10y ago

Stackoverflow has "community wiki" questions, maybe HN could have community wiki comments? OTOH my limited experience suggests that the majority of front-page articles will get reposted several times. Or someone could publish a "Best of HN" collection, then change all reposts to link to that.

bootload 10y ago
"Best of HN" collection" that @Mathnerd is a good idea. It would not be hard to do this remotely via a script.
- Mathnerd314 10y ago
  Yeah. It's a little tricky though, because the top posts (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page...) are all one-time events, and the # of people on HN has been increasing so upvotes aren't comparable across time. The criteria should be something like "reached the front page multiple times over several years".
  - bootload 10y ago
    what is the hn.angolia search term for the "past" of a story? i.e.: for "So what's wrong with 1975 programming?" it is https://hn.algolia.com/?query=So%20what's%20wrong%20with%201975%20programming%3F&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0pe=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=So%20what's%20wrong%20with%201... Having this means you can measure how popular they are.

rakoo 10y ago

Most importantly, posts with that label should have links to all previous discussions