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OT: so how is this not a dupe of what I submitted yesterday evening? Not that I'm complaining, I've got more points than I know what to do with, but when I subm
by mikestew 5y ago
OT: so how is this not a dupe of what I submitted yesterday evening? Not that I'm complaining, I've got more points than I know what to do with, but when I submit a URL that has already been submitted, I'm redirected to the post that submitted first. AFAICT, this one is char-for-char the same URL, and the submitted title is the same. Just a question of technical curiosity.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28835960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28835960
- dfdz 5y agoWell I am guessing posting on hacker news just before lunch time 11am PT is one of the good times to build momentum on a post (the time the current post was made) and I am guessing that if a previous post did not get many votes it is not counted as duplicate TLDR you posted at a non optimal time so your post didn’t count