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Which is exactly what happened here. The system works, And one of important parts of that system is RiderOfGiraffes letting us know when the dupe-filter has fa
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
Which is exactly what happened here. The system works,
And one of important parts of that system is RiderOfGiraffes letting us know when the dupe-filter has failed, and pointing us to previous discussions, when they exist.
It's an amazing service he provides. Seriously, take a look: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=RiderOfGiraffes http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=RiderOfGiraffes
- user24 16y agoYeah, I did take a look... I felt that it added nothing to the conversation. What's the problem with dupes? 2 sets of insightful conversations instead of one? So? Obviously if more than a few dupe stories get through then that's something to be solved technically. But one or two dupe stories on the homepage now and then? So? Compare with a huge history of comments saying nothing other than "this is a dupe [link]". especially when the link has no comments attached to it. edit: example on an "A humble programmer" submission they wrote this comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1895032 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1895032 linking to ten other submissions of the same article, none of which had any interesting comments, and all of which had exactly the same content for the link. What's the point in that? I can totally see the point in saying "there's some interesting discussion over here [link]", but it seems mostly his efforts to de-dupe add nothing of value.
- michael_dorfman 16y agoBut one or two dupe stories on the homepage now and then? I think you're underestimating the scale of the problem. Anyway: I, for one, greatly appreciate the work RiderOfGiraffes does for us in this regard.