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I don’t care to do that. It’s a problem with basic functionality. There is site behavior which disallows reposts, but only sometimes. The sometimes part is the

I don’t care to do that. It’s a problem with basic functionality. There is site behavior which disallows reposts, but only sometimes. The sometimes part is the bug, from my point of view. I honestly don’t care enough to do anything but say it shouldn’t happen when it happens to me, as long as it happens to me. Bug reports should be public for non-security related bugs. This is a bug. This thread is my report. I can be reached on this thread. Edit: I have emailed and asked that replies are in-thread or linked to in this thread. I hope we can get some clarity into whether this is a "won't fix" situation or more of a subjective call on a per-case basis, or something else entirely. I don't want to make waves, just trying to surf.

dang 6y ago
Take a look at the past explanations at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20reposts%20good&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... and if you still have a question I haven't answered there, let me know what it is. Examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22042481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22042481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21457217 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21457217 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20206120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20206120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18156460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18156460 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=by:dang%20reposts%20mitigate https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20reposts%20cracks https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...
- aspenmayer 6y ago
  I do have one unanswered question: Why did this particular repost get posted instead of upvoting my post?
  - dang 6y ago
    Because your post fell below the bar for 'significant attention' as explained in the comments I linked to.
    - aspenmayer 6y ago
      Maybe if I had gotten some of the karma from the repost it would have cleared the bar. This argument is circular, and I know you have to make a judgment call, but this feels like the wrong way to go about a fair, transparent system. Perhaps that is not a goal of HN, but from my few interactions with you on this site, I think you probably care a whole lot more about HN than I do, and I care too! Thanks for all you do. Edit: Why not do it like a lottery with more than one winning ticket sold? Share the karma pool among the OP and the reposters. Just an idea. Or, let the reposter keep the karma, but put a byline saying something like 'first posted by user123 on jan 2, 1969' with a link? I care far more about attribution than karma. I care about making good posts, but if someone else gets the credit, why would I bother? If no one will see it, the intrinsic value to me is something I already had. To share is to be seen. If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear it and all that.
      - jdub 6y ago
        Maybe it's not that important.
        aspenmayer 6y ago
        If it’s not important then why karma? I couldn’t agree more, by the way. It isn’t important. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter.
        pvg 6y ago
        The votes help rank the submissions and the comments - finding interesting things for HN users to read and talk about is the purpose of the site. Who found a thing first (especially something that was going to end up on the front page one way or the other) is not really that interesting to most people. If anything, an FP-reaching post's contribution to a user's overall karma should probably be capped at around some small factor of a median comment.

dang 6y ago

Take a look at the past explanations at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20reposts%20good&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... and if you still have a question I haven't answered there, let me know what it is. Examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22042481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22042481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21457217 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21457217 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20206120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20206120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18156460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18156460 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=by:dang%20reposts%20mitigate https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20reposts%20cracks https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

aspenmayer 6y ago
I do have one unanswered question: Why did this particular repost get posted instead of upvoting my post?
- dang 6y ago
  Because your post fell below the bar for 'significant attention' as explained in the comments I linked to.
  - aspenmayer 6y ago
    Maybe if I had gotten some of the karma from the repost it would have cleared the bar. This argument is circular, and I know you have to make a judgment call, but this feels like the wrong way to go about a fair, transparent system. Perhaps that is not a goal of HN, but from my few interactions with you on this site, I think you probably care a whole lot more about HN than I do, and I care too! Thanks for all you do. Edit: Why not do it like a lottery with more than one winning ticket sold? Share the karma pool among the OP and the reposters. Just an idea. Or, let the reposter keep the karma, but put a byline saying something like 'first posted by user123 on jan 2, 1969' with a link? I care far more about attribution than karma. I care about making good posts, but if someone else gets the credit, why would I bother? If no one will see it, the intrinsic value to me is something I already had. To share is to be seen. If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear it and all that.
    - jdub 6y ago
      Maybe it's not that important.
      - aspenmayer 6y ago
        If it’s not important then why karma? I couldn’t agree more, by the way. It isn’t important. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter.
        pvg 6y ago
        The votes help rank the submissions and the comments - finding interesting things for HN users to read and talk about is the purpose of the site. Who found a thing first (especially something that was going to end up on the front page one way or the other) is not really that interesting to most people. If anything, an FP-reaching post's contribution to a user's overall karma should probably be capped at around some small factor of a median comment.