> You’re not thinking through the consequences. Although everyone has their blind spots, I certainly thought of your trivial example (pollution of /newest), an

> You’re not thinking through the consequences. Although everyone has their blind spots, I certainly thought of your trivial example (pollution of /newest), and thats what I suggested is the "purpose of forum software". That is what "spam" means by the way. Writing a similar-link detection mechanism is trivial and I'm sure will be done, same way reddit has, if it's an issue. Happy to discuss any other consequences you think I'm not thinking through. In fact the more interesting thing here is how inconsequential this thread is as it certainly wont have any bearing on the link submission culture @ HN. I'd suggest reaching out to the site admins instead of shaming the individual.