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Is this the 12th time this article has been posted? @dang is there any chance HN will resume de-duplicating submissions in the future? Do you need a hand with a

Is this the 12th time this article has been posted? @dang is there any chance HN will resume de-duplicating submissions in the future? Do you need a hand with anything? Don't tell my boss but I've got a few spare cycles this sprint. ;) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33448038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33448038 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33442277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33442277 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33749415 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33749415 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33472646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33472646 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33454735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33454735 [5]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33461866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33461866 [6]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33481049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33481049 [7]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33510043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33510043 [8]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33715919 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33715919 [9]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33489801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33489801 [10]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33714846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33714846 [11]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33832866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33832866

jakelazaroff 4y ago
Most of those probably didn't get enough points to hit the front page. This is the first time I've seen the article, so I'm happy it was let through.
- nicce 4y ago
  That's the point of limiting reposts. To reduce the resubmissions in case you get lucky to get into the front page. Everyone gets the same chances with time limited single shot. Otherwise, spamming will take over.
textbookrental 4y ago
They seem to be trying to keep anything critical of Elon off the front page.
- vletal 4y ago
  Any evidence?
  - textbookrental 4y ago
    Not really. I just noticed that yesterday one of the top stories on HN was coinbase vs Apple. Yet earlier in the week there were hardly any stories of Elon vs Apple. Obviously Elon declaring war on Apple was the much bigger story. People on twitter were ready to burn their iPhones in support. It even had politicians threatening to get congress to go after Apple on behalf of Elon.
    - threeseed 4y ago
      I have to agree with this. So much has been going with Twitter that it was odd that nothing appeared on HN.
- themitigating 4y ago
  I'm giving you an upvote for visibility but I don't think it's a conspiracy just tribalism causing people to protect their "side". I was expecting Kayne West being banned again to be the top post.
Twisell 4y ago
Please however consider that tuning the system for this one time annoying doppelgagnger could have a global nefarious impact upon more modest stories. If because someone posted on a weird timewindow the article never make it to the front page it's fair to allow those article another go. An ill intentioned actor also could use this as an adversial strategy. For instance by self publishing bad buzz stories at the worst possible timing to ensure it won't make it to front page and could then exploit the de-duplicating algorithm to reject the story if it get publish again on a more favorable timeframe. I'm not saying it's a bad idea per se, but it should be extremely carefully though out. And I'm not sure it's more efficient that the organic downvote of called out duplicate by the human readers. PS: Quite ironically by engaging discussion here instead of simply calling out the dupe we are actually boosting this story...
rsynnott 4y ago
I mean, I think it does have new relevance now, in that one of the stages has just symbolically been crossed (of course, there’ve already been lots of arbitrary bans apparently for making fun of Elon, so realistically twitter is not following the ordained path)

jakelazaroff 4y ago

Most of those probably didn't get enough points to hit the front page. This is the first time I've seen the article, so I'm happy it was let through.

nicce 4y ago
That's the point of limiting reposts. To reduce the resubmissions in case you get lucky to get into the front page. Everyone gets the same chances with time limited single shot. Otherwise, spamming will take over.

textbookrental 4y ago

They seem to be trying to keep anything critical of Elon off the front page.

vletal 4y ago
Any evidence?
- textbookrental 4y ago
  Not really. I just noticed that yesterday one of the top stories on HN was coinbase vs Apple. Yet earlier in the week there were hardly any stories of Elon vs Apple. Obviously Elon declaring war on Apple was the much bigger story. People on twitter were ready to burn their iPhones in support. It even had politicians threatening to get congress to go after Apple on behalf of Elon.
  - threeseed 4y ago
    I have to agree with this. So much has been going with Twitter that it was odd that nothing appeared on HN.
themitigating 4y ago
I'm giving you an upvote for visibility but I don't think it's a conspiracy just tribalism causing people to protect their "side". I was expecting Kayne West being banned again to be the top post.

Twisell 4y ago

Please however consider that tuning the system for this one time annoying doppelgagnger could have a global nefarious impact upon more modest stories. If because someone posted on a weird timewindow the article never make it to the front page it's fair to allow those article another go. An ill intentioned actor also could use this as an adversial strategy. For instance by self publishing bad buzz stories at the worst possible timing to ensure it won't make it to front page and could then exploit the de-duplicating algorithm to reject the story if it get publish again on a more favorable timeframe. I'm not saying it's a bad idea per se, but it should be extremely carefully though out. And I'm not sure it's more efficient that the organic downvote of called out duplicate by the human readers. PS: Quite ironically by engaging discussion here instead of simply calling out the dupe we are actually boosting this story...

rsynnott 4y ago

I mean, I think it does have new relevance now, in that one of the stages has just symbolically been crossed (of course, there’ve already been lots of arbitrary bans apparently for making fun of Elon, so realistically twitter is not following the ordained path)