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Related: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003942 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003942 - readwriteweb.com - no comments http://news.ycombinator.com/

Related: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003942 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003942 - readwriteweb.com - no comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2001882 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2001882 - time.com - no comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1990612 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1990612 - time.com - 1 comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1975517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1975517 - time.com - no comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1968958 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1968958 - time.com - no comments Edited to add comment count in response to replies below.

steveklabnik 16y ago
Novelty accounts? In my Hacker News? RiderOfGiraffes, is that you? If not, I suggest that you do the same as he; pointing people to the stories that have tons of comments on them. In this case, none really do yet, so maybe a note about that?
- DupDetector 16y ago
  It's semi-automated scripting from RoG. I'm trying to work out the most useful method(s) of detecting duplicates and cross-referencing. In this case I didn't put the number of comments, and marked the referenced items as "related". Compare with: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2005790 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2005790 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2004764 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2004764 where one is marked strictly as a duplicate, the other lists related, along with a note of how many comments. I'm working on this. There's a sort-of A/B testing, since I'm able to go back and see which cross-references get up-votes, and which get down-votes. Currently I'm getting precious little of either.
  - m0th87 16y ago
    This is a slippery slope. It's just a matter of time before we have novelties like http://www.reddit.com/user/keanu_reeves/ http://www.reddit.com/user/keanu_reeves/ :)
    - DupDetector 16y ago
      I don't think of it as a novelty account. I think of it as a robot providing a service. Since it's still under human supervision it lags somewhat, but it's already found a discussion that's been split between two duplicate submissions, something I find annoying, and a waste. It's still an experiment - I may yet give up entirely.
  - ekanes 16y ago
    Showing how many comments is a good improvement. Consider only posting when the other thread has comments, otherwise it's a waste of space and a distraction (why would anyone leave the perfectly-good version they're on to go to an empty one?).
duck 16y ago
Is it really a dup if there is no comments in any of them?

steveklabnik 16y ago

Novelty accounts? In my Hacker News? RiderOfGiraffes, is that you? If not, I suggest that you do the same as he; pointing people to the stories that have tons of comments on them. In this case, none really do yet, so maybe a note about that?

DupDetector 16y ago
It's semi-automated scripting from RoG. I'm trying to work out the most useful method(s) of detecting duplicates and cross-referencing. In this case I didn't put the number of comments, and marked the referenced items as "related". Compare with: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2005790 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2005790 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2004764 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2004764 where one is marked strictly as a duplicate, the other lists related, along with a note of how many comments. I'm working on this. There's a sort-of A/B testing, since I'm able to go back and see which cross-references get up-votes, and which get down-votes. Currently I'm getting precious little of either.
- m0th87 16y ago
  This is a slippery slope. It's just a matter of time before we have novelties like http://www.reddit.com/user/keanu_reeves/ http://www.reddit.com/user/keanu_reeves/ :)
  - DupDetector 16y ago
    I don't think of it as a novelty account. I think of it as a robot providing a service. Since it's still under human supervision it lags somewhat, but it's already found a discussion that's been split between two duplicate submissions, something I find annoying, and a waste. It's still an experiment - I may yet give up entirely.
- ekanes 16y ago
  Showing how many comments is a good improvement. Consider only posting when the other thread has comments, otherwise it's a waste of space and a distraction (why would anyone leave the perfectly-good version they're on to go to an empty one?).

duck 16y ago

Is it really a dup if there is no comments in any of them?