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Another 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 earli
by jmatt 18y ago
Another 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.