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I'm pretty sure that submitting a duplicate link is automatically turned into an upvote on the original
by styfle 3y ago
I'm pretty sure that submitting a duplicate link is automatically turned into an upvote on the original
- em-bee 3y agoonly if the url is an exact match, which often it isn't.
- Hamuko 3y agoI'm pretty sure that it isn't. https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.backblaze.com%2Fblog%2F2023-product-announcement%2F https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.backblaze.com%2F...
- dang 3y agoYes but only if (1) the previous post got significant attention and (2) it was within the last year or so. Otherwise we let reposts through, because we want good stories to get multiple chances at attention, and because it's good for the culture when classic articles cycle through once in a while. Just not too often.