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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
by 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 agoThis 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 agoI 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 agoShowing 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?).