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Previously: 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18675375 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18675375 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=93387

by cbhl 6y ago

Previously: 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18675375 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18675375 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9338708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9338708

mattmanser 6y ago
I remember reading this one here in the 2000s, here's one from 2008: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068
anamexis 6y ago
A few more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12778904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12778904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21578606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21578606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16384158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16384158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12997568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12997568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2701063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2701063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14676835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14676835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1293652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1293652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10305377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10305377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12126564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12126564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6296201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6296201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3427263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3427263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17591084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17591084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8176458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8176458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3114391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3114391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19321973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19321973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13667317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13667317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13082438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13082438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10734108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10734108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22065142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22065142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19749556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19749556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9081869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9081869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7892556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7892556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17602158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17602158
- grzm 6y ago
  Generally people submit links to past submissions that have comments that maybe of interest.
- hombre_fatal 6y ago
  The reason people share links from the past isn't some passive aggressive "UGH reposts amirite?!" like what you appear to be doing -- it's because past discussion on a fun read has lots of fun morsels of comments, and it's fun to revisit them alongside today's discussion. HN doesn't have a rule that there should only be one canonical submission for every individual link or topic. That you thought your comment would contribute anything leads me to believe that you aren't aware of that.
  - anamexis 6y ago
    I am well aware of HN policy regarding reposts. I just found it amusing that this one has so many.
    - hombre_fatal 6y ago
      Maybe next time just link to the search query. Most people familiar with forums are well aware that some topics come up more often than others.
  - keithnz 6y ago
    its pretty common for previous threads to be posted in the current thread
    - hombre_fatal 6y ago
      Check again. We tend to enumerate previous threads that got traction and have past discussion. It's nice to go back to read those. But most of what this person linked had 0 to 1 comments and like 2 points. I mean, yes, I would expect an interesting story from 2002 to have at least 30 failed submissions on HN that never got traction over 18 years.

by cbhl 6y ago

mattmanser 6y ago

I remember reading this one here in the 2000s, here's one from 2008: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068

anamexis 6y ago

A few more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12778904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12778904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21578606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21578606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16384158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16384158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12997568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12997568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2701063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2701063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14676835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14676835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1293652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1293652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10305377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10305377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12126564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12126564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6296201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6296201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3427263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3427263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17591084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17591084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8176458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8176458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3114391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3114391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19321973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19321973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13667317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13667317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13082438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13082438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10734108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10734108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22065142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22065142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19749556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19749556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9081869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9081869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7892556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7892556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17602158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17602158

grzm 6y ago
Generally people submit links to past submissions that have comments that maybe of interest.
hombre_fatal 6y ago
The reason people share links from the past isn't some passive aggressive "UGH reposts amirite?!" like what you appear to be doing -- it's because past discussion on a fun read has lots of fun morsels of comments, and it's fun to revisit them alongside today's discussion. HN doesn't have a rule that there should only be one canonical submission for every individual link or topic. That you thought your comment would contribute anything leads me to believe that you aren't aware of that.
- anamexis 6y ago
  I am well aware of HN policy regarding reposts. I just found it amusing that this one has so many.
  - hombre_fatal 6y ago
    Maybe next time just link to the search query. Most people familiar with forums are well aware that some topics come up more often than others.
- keithnz 6y ago
  its pretty common for previous threads to be posted in the current thread
  - hombre_fatal 6y ago
    Check again. We tend to enumerate previous threads that got traction and have past discussion. It's nice to go back to read those. But most of what this person linked had 0 to 1 comments and like 2 points. I mean, yes, I would expect an interesting story from 2002 to have at least 30 failed submissions on HN that never got traction over 18 years.