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This is marked as dupe. That's 10 months ago and this is the third time total it's been shared here - I though that the dedupe timeframe for projects has genera
by 3np 5y ago
This is marked as dupe. That's 10 months ago and this is the third time total it's been shared here - I though that the dedupe timeframe for projects has generally been a lot shorter previously?
(From someone who saw this for the first time)
- dang 5y agoThe time frame has been the same for ages: we treat stories as dupes if they have had significant attention in the last year or so. This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html. The way we handle dupes basically follows from a couple of core principles: (1) frontpage space is the scarcest resource on HN (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20scarce&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...), and (2) curiosity withers under repetition (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...). Of course, no story counts as a dupe if you haven't seen it before! but we have to moderate for the statistical case.