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It isn't at all unusual for dups to get upvotes, whether they're pg essays or not.
by brlewis 18y ago
It isn't at all unusual for dups to get upvotes, whether they're pg essays or not.
- tjr 18y agoI'm surprised that the same URL minus "www." doesn't automatically count as a duplicate.
- pmjordan 18y agoBecause unless the HTTP response is a redirect to the www. url (or vice versa) it's technically a document available at a distinct URL. For most servers, the two hostnames point to the same server (and vhost) but it's conceivable that they might not. You've got a similar problem with arbitrary appended query strings. I guess the clean way to handle this would be to detect very similar URLs and ask the user if it's the same document.
- prakash 18y agoTechnically, you can have one site on www.website.com and another on http://website.com http://website.com and hence they can be considered different and unique.
- tjr 18y agoCertainly, though it seems rare in practice. I suppose the possibility, however small, is enough to warrant not automatically assuming anything.