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This is very cool! Based on the title “HN Classics,” I thought it might be an implementation of another idea I’ve had. I had this idea to search for stand-out a
by baddox 9y ago
This is very cool! Based on the title “HN Classics,” I thought it might be an implementation of another idea I’ve had. I had this idea to search for stand-out articles that get reposted every so often and always get a lot of good attention and discussion: so-called classics of HN.
I think that data could be very interesting, and would also serve as a sort of “hall of fame” of articles the HN community loves (moreso than just a list of the most upvoted articles of all time).
Of course, you could also figure out the optimal duration between successive posts, and figure out when to repost yourself, if anyone wants a karma-grab. ;)
- blauditore 9y agoI thought reposts (and therefore scattered discussions) were discouraged on HN.
- baddox 9y agoFrom what I’ve seen, it’s perfectly acceptable for older articles that are reposted after a considerable amount of time. The best example I can find on short notice is this hexagonal grids article: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Hexagonal%20Grids&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Hexagonal%20Grids&sort=byDate&... You could likely find more by searching HN comments for the phrase “previous discussion,” because people tend to post links to the previous HN submissions. It doesn’t bother me, since there are likely always new HN readers who haven’t seen great “classic” articles. The HN FAQ says: > If a story has had significant attention in the last year or so, we kill reposts as duplicates. If not, a small number of reposts is ok. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html