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I think they might be a bot or they have some system for reposting content. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Why%20a%20Baker’s%20Dozen%20is%2013%20Instead%20of%20

I think they might be a bot or they have some system for reposting content. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Why%20a%20Baker’s%20Dozen%20is%2013%20Instead%20of%2012&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Why%20a%20Baker’s%20Dozen%20is... https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Daily%20life%20in%20a%20federal%20prison&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Daily%20life%20in%20a%20federa... https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=governmentisgood.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=governmentisgood.com https://hn.algolia.com/?query=The%20Trouble%20with%20Teaching%20Rape%20Law&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=The%20Trouble%20with%20Teachin...

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WalterGR 5y ago
I asked the user about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26776960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26776960 Dang didn't seem to mind. <shrug> I get the impression that some prolific users repeatedly post content that the site isn't very interested in until it finally takes the bait so as to earn magic internet points ('This account is valuable to HN!') as a cover for posting divisive content. There are also groups of accounts who appear to accomplish this by sharing reposting duties.
- gus_massa 5y ago
  Tomte use to post a lot of good old stuff. I didn't notice s/he is reposting because the frequency is very low (6 months?) and not too many posts. Also, it's generally interesting stuff, that raise the bar before I complain. Edit: * and from a lot of different sources
- dang 5y ago
  Reposts are ok after a year or so: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html, as I explained before. Using a bot to submit would not be ok, but I don't think Tomte's doing that. As for "cover for posting divisive content" - if you think someone is abusing HN, please let us know at hn@ycombinator.com (as the site guidelines ask), and please don't make insinuations about it in the threads (as the guidelines also ask). We need to deal with abuse on the basis of evidence, not insinuation, and certainly not imagination, which such perceptions often turn out to be.

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WalterGR 5y ago

I asked the user about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26776960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26776960 Dang didn't seem to mind. <shrug> I get the impression that some prolific users repeatedly post content that the site isn't very interested in until it finally takes the bait so as to earn magic internet points ('This account is valuable to HN!') as a cover for posting divisive content. There are also groups of accounts who appear to accomplish this by sharing reposting duties.

gus_massa 5y ago
Tomte use to post a lot of good old stuff. I didn't notice s/he is reposting because the frequency is very low (6 months?) and not too many posts. Also, it's generally interesting stuff, that raise the bar before I complain. Edit: * and from a lot of different sources
dang 5y ago
Reposts are ok after a year or so: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html, as I explained before. Using a bot to submit would not be ok, but I don't think Tomte's doing that. As for "cover for posting divisive content" - if you think someone is abusing HN, please let us know at hn@ycombinator.com (as the site guidelines ask), and please don't make insinuations about it in the threads (as the guidelines also ask). We need to deal with abuse on the basis of evidence, not insinuation, and certainly not imagination, which such perceptions often turn out to be.