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That one got killed automatically because the domain is banned. I think the domain was banned because someone once spammed us with links to it. Another reason
by pg 18y ago
That one got killed automatically because the domain is banned. I think the domain was banned because someone once spammed us with links to it.
Another reason non-spam/troll stuff gets killed is because it's a dupe.
- jmatt 18y agoAnother reason non-spam/troll stuff gets killed is because it's a dupe. It's hard to find dupes when all you have is a link you want to post. For example earlier today: http://www.google.com/search?q=http://www.positech.co.uk/talkingtopirates.html+site:news.ycombinator.com&hl=en http://www.google.com/search?q=http://www.positech.co.uk/tal... returns nothing even though the story is already posted: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=275780 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=275780 Too often the names of the stories alone don't work. Or the name is misleading or otherwise bad. Is there is a better way to see if a dupe already exists?
- brlewis 18y agoNo, there's no good way to check for a dupe besides watching all the incoming stories. So don't get offended if your submission gets killed; it's not a mark against you.
- mariorz 18y agoOK, thanks. So should we flag other kills like that in the future?