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PS: I know I bang on about this all the time. But it would be nice if there was some kind of filtering on HN that blocked people endlessly posting the same stor
by Normille 6y ago
PS: I know I bang on about this all the time. But it would be nice if there was some kind of filtering on HN that blocked people endlessly posting the same stories over and over again. Here are today's entrants for "Keyboard Headbutter of the Week":
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=cyberpunk%202077&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
Lots of forum software will pre-scan what you are about to post for keywords and ask "Your topic seems similar to these <list of posts>. Are you sure you want to create a new topic?"
It would be good if HN would do the same.
Mind you, given that so many people obviously think that; 12 or more hours after a major HN-flavoured story broke it's not worth checking to see if anyone already submitted it, before submitting it themselves --they'd probably still headbutt that Submit button anyway.