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Kind of creepy that pro-repeal of net neutrality and anti-YC posts had being deleted.

• gus_massa 9y ago
  Deleted is a bad characterization. I guess your comment is about these articles. They are marked as duplicates and hidden. --- * Why Ajit Pai Is Right (Pro-Neutrality, Anti-Title II) (stratechery.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15800851 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15800851 (14 points, 29 days ago, 3 comments) First comment is: > Is this not a repost? I could of sworn I saw this posted an hour or two ago. > edit: It is! Here's the discussion from the previous post.. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15798960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15798960 . the linked post is an exact dupe and has 211 points, 29 days ago, 295 comments --- * Y Combinator Quietly Ends Relationship with Peter Thiel (gizmodo.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15726550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15726550 (21 points, 40 days ago, 1 comment) First comment is: > Dupe; more comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15725108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15725108 . the linked post is very similar and has 185 points, 40 days ago, 147 comments
  • hartator 9y ago
    My bad, you were right, was just a coincidence.
    • im3w1l 9y ago
      I don't think it's just a coincidence. I think certain topics are more likely to get dupes.