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well duplicate posting lowers the signal/noise ratio too. how about, maybe, deleting the duplicate posting instead of bothering people that contributes with ge
by znpy 6y ago
well duplicate posting lowers the signal/noise ratio too.
how about, maybe, deleting the duplicate posting instead of bothering people that contributes with genuine personal opinions based on first-hand experience?
- dang 6y agoHN's software deliberately allows reposts as a way of giving good submissions multiple cracks at the bat. We want to mitigate the randomness of what gets noticed on the /newest page, which can be something of a lottery. When there are duplicate threads, we resolve the signal/noise issue by merging them: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20moved%20comments&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... That's one reason we ask people not to copy/paste their comments, as I mentioned.