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Ask HN: What does “past” mean on an HN post?
I submitted an item this morning, and I suspect it went into a bit bucket? Because unlike my usual submissions, it doesn't show a "discuss" link (to look for comments), just "past."
I guess it's not unique because when I look at submissions from the same domain I see "past" on some of them too... but only some? Clicking on the PAST takes me to the HN Search site, which makes sense for some older posts, but not a new one?
> 1 point by compsciphd on Aug 11, 2021 | past
Please remedy my ignorance.
- mindcrime 4y agoAFAIK, "past" just uses HN algolia search to search for the title of the submission, to make it quick and easy to find previous submissions of the same article. Consider that on HN, it's OK to have duplicate submissions, as long as the content is spaced out sufficiently. Some popular articles have been posted dozens (or more?) of times over the years.
- ohjeez 4y agoThat'd make sense if it was an old link, like the one I reposted from 2011 the other day. But the post was from today?
- mindcrime 4y agoAs far as I know, all HN posts get a "past" button, as soon as they are posted. I believe that your earlier post doesn't have a "discuss" button because it's in [dead] status. Why it's [dead] I can't say. Your account doesn't seem to be shadow-banned since this post showed up. Maybe the domain of the link is banned (why that would be, I don't know). Or maybe the spam detector just fired a false positive for some totally random reason. You might want to try emailing hn@ycombinator.com and inquire with the mods. Maybe they can help out.
- ohjeez 4y agoThank you. At least now I know whom to ask!