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The fact that it, got "promoted/voted" to the front-page(again) is that not in itself proof that is is valuable and still worthwhile to be submitted again ?
by rawoke083600 6y ago
The fact that it, got "promoted/voted" to the front-page(again) is that not in itself proof that is is valuable and still worthwhile to be submitted again ?
- chrisweekly 6y agoYou seem to think @dang is in disagreement, but by sharing the relevant previous posts, he's both supporting the new post, and helping reduce the number of kneejerk "but this was already posted" responses.
- dang 6y agoNo, it's definitely not in itself proof of that. If we went with that standard, the front page would be mostly dupes. The few most popular/sensational stories would get upvoted over and over again. And then the threads would mostly be full of complaints about the dupes. Posts about new releases by well-known projects are something of a grey area, but if you want to read a long explanation of how we treat them, one is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23071428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23071428.
- rawoke083600 6y agoThanks @dang. I also read your linked thread. I now better understand your original comment and HN.