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What if something gets marked as a dup when it isn't? What if it's nearly a dup - same story, different source - should that get marked? What if each submissi
by RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
What if something gets marked as a dup when it isn't? What if it's nearly a dup - same story, different source - should that get marked? What if each submission already has some discussion?
What if the submission with discussion is poor, and a better source is submitted?
Interested - interesting.
- wmf 16y agoI think the key is to allow many HN users to mark dupes and have a few trusted moderators use their discretion to fix them. (Of course, nobody will see this thread because /newest is clogged with dupes.)
- blahedo 16y agoYes, and even without moderation it's not the end of the world if a near-dup is marked; that just puts it into the dup graph for that topic/article/source and then the algorithms for karma and popularity can play with it.