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That could explain it. Thanks! Is this behavior documented anywhere on news.ycombinator.com?

by tpmx 4y ago

mindcrime 4y ago
There isn't a ton of documentation per-se about HN behavior. There is: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and a handful of posts by dang, sama, pg, etc. over the course of the years. most of the rest is what long-time users have just figured out through observation. There's a Git repo[1] out there that aggregates a lot of that stuff, but keep in mind that it's technically unofficial. That said, I think most of what's there is widely considered to be correct. [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
- tpmx 4y ago
  Thanks, that's a good summary of what I've seen referenced throughout my years here. I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect.
  - mindcrime 4y ago
    I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect. I think that falls into the "noticed through observation" bucket. I'm relatively sure that it is correct, as I've noticed that behavior myself. But, I have no official standing here and I could be totally wrong. But that sure seems to be what happens in my experience.
    - tpmx 4y ago
      So you may have misunderstood your observations, just like I maybe did.
      - mindcrime 4y ago
        That's absolutely possible. This particular pattern has seemed pretty consistent over the years, but unless somebody from the HN admin crew chimes in, I guess we'll never be 100% sure.
  - manigandham 4y ago
    You can try this yourself. Go to the ‘new’ page and submit an existing URL. You’ll be redirected to the existing post which will now have at least one more vote.
    - tpmx 4y ago
      which will now have at least one more vote Not automatically.
      - manigandham 4y ago
        What's that even mean? Did you observe something different or are you just arguing?

That could explain it. Thanks! Is this behavior documented anywhere on news.ycombinator.com?

by tpmx 4y ago

That could explain it. Thanks! Is this behavior documented anywhere on news.ycombinator.com?

There isn't a ton of documentation per-se about HN behavior. There is: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and a handful of posts by dang, sama, pg, etc. over the course of the years. most of the rest is what long-time users have just figured out through observation. There's a Git repo[1] out there that aggregates a lot of that stuff, but keep in mind that it's technically unofficial. That said, I think most of what's there is widely considered to be correct. [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

tpmx 4y ago
Thanks, that's a good summary of what I've seen referenced throughout my years here. I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect.
- mindcrime 4y ago
  I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect. I think that falls into the "noticed through observation" bucket. I'm relatively sure that it is correct, as I've noticed that behavior myself. But, I have no official standing here and I could be totally wrong. But that sure seems to be what happens in my experience.
  - tpmx 4y ago
    So you may have misunderstood your observations, just like I maybe did.
    - mindcrime 4y ago
      That's absolutely possible. This particular pattern has seemed pretty consistent over the years, but unless somebody from the HN admin crew chimes in, I guess we'll never be 100% sure.
- manigandham 4y ago
  You can try this yourself. Go to the ‘new’ page and submit an existing URL. You’ll be redirected to the existing post which will now have at least one more vote.
  - tpmx 4y ago
    which will now have at least one more vote Not automatically.
    - manigandham 4y ago
      What's that even mean? Did you observe something different or are you just arguing?