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This site gives me such major deja vu that I’m genuinely beginning to question my memory seeing shit like this. I swear I read this exact same thread yesterday

This site gives me such major deja vu that I’m genuinely beginning to question my memory seeing shit like this. I swear I read this exact same thread yesterday about the repost, I swear I read this exact same fucking comment yesterday but it says coolspot posted it 10 minutes ago. Am I going insane?

mcrittenden 6y ago
Um, yeah, author here, and I'm not sure what is going on. I posted this yesterday (over 24h ago) but now it says it was posted 3 hours ago. Maybe a moderator renewed it or something? Is that possible?
- detaro 6y ago
  > Maybe a moderator renewed it or something? Is that possible? Yes, but I would have expected that they sent you an email about that. (the post ID in the url is also clearly out of order compared to other submissions from today - which is exactly what happens if mods bump it)
  - dang 6y ago
    We don't always send an email, just sometimes. Usually when I happen to think of it.
dang 6y ago
Sorry - you're running into the glitch in the Matrix which is HN timestamp relativization on re-upped threads. More explanation at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19774614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19774614. It leads to occasional confusion, but we haven't figured out a better way, and not doing it leads to worse confusion. You can always see the original timestamp via URLs other than the front page and the /item page. For example https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mcrittenden https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mcrittenden shows the comment you were talking about as "1 day ago", and https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=critter.blog https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=critter.blog (which you can get at by clicking on the domain in the title) shows the same for the submission.

mcrittenden 6y ago

Um, yeah, author here, and I'm not sure what is going on. I posted this yesterday (over 24h ago) but now it says it was posted 3 hours ago. Maybe a moderator renewed it or something? Is that possible?

detaro 6y ago
> Maybe a moderator renewed it or something? Is that possible? Yes, but I would have expected that they sent you an email about that. (the post ID in the url is also clearly out of order compared to other submissions from today - which is exactly what happens if mods bump it)
- dang 6y ago
  We don't always send an email, just sometimes. Usually when I happen to think of it.

dang 6y ago

Sorry - you're running into the glitch in the Matrix which is HN timestamp relativization on re-upped threads. More explanation at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19774614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19774614. It leads to occasional confusion, but we haven't figured out a better way, and not doing it leads to worse confusion. You can always see the original timestamp via URLs other than the front page and the /item page. For example https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mcrittenden https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mcrittenden shows the comment you were talking about as "1 day ago", and https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=critter.blog https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=critter.blog (which you can get at by clicking on the domain in the title) shows the same for the submission.