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Ask HN: Have you seen repeat/similiar submissions recently?
This is sort of a meta-question, which was prompted when I saw the another submission of the same url that I submitted reach the front page of HN. Is the HN submission tool broken?
My example:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918556
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21913030
Example of similar posts:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918610
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21916651
I'm sure there are other examples out there.
- mtmail 7y agoThere is, or at least was yesterday, a problem with 'Ask HN' submissions. Story (question) submission worked fine but users got an error message, so they kept submitting the same again. The example you list seems new indeed. Usually there's at least a difference in URL. Or the older story is a day old (stories that didn't gain traction get another chance). This is something for hn@ycombinator.com to check on.
- maxfan8 7y agoSome other examples of this happening: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21916831 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21916831 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21920583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21920583
- Nextgrid 7y agoAgreed, I've noticed that too. Also noticed quite a bit more spam posts than usual, not sure if it's related.