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https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasa-system-predicts-impact-of-a-very-small-asteroid-over-germany/ https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasa-

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasa-system-predicts-impact-of-a-very-small-asteroid-over-germany/ https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasa-system-pred... Really? A NASA report, on the official .gov site? Maybe the comments were horrible but that seems right in the middle of what HN is interested in.

dang 3y ago
You're talking about this submission: NASA System Predicts Impact of a Small Asteroid over Germany - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39126705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39126705 - Jan 2024 (18 comments) It was downweighted because it was a dupe (or quasidupe) of this: Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39103412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39103412 - Jan 2024 (46 comments) That's the system functioning as intended. We work hard to try to prevent repetition from taking over the site, because repetition is the enemy of curiosity (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...). One thing I've learned today, after 11 hours of posting in this thread, is that it's easy to look at an article in isolation and say "Really? That got moderated?" - when in fact if you know the larger context there's nearly always a straightforward explanation. One can certainly argue that 86 points and 46 comments is too low a threshold to treat the repost as a dupe, but that's a different question, no?
- defrost 3y ago
  > after 11 hours of posting in this thread The effort is appreciated by some if not most.
  - dang 3y ago
    It wasn't 11 hours straight by any means. But thanks! It's nice of you to say that. When I get tired I start to complain. It's a bad habit.

dang 3y ago

You're talking about this submission: NASA System Predicts Impact of a Small Asteroid over Germany - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39126705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39126705 - Jan 2024 (18 comments) It was downweighted because it was a dupe (or quasidupe) of this: Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39103412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39103412 - Jan 2024 (46 comments) That's the system functioning as intended. We work hard to try to prevent repetition from taking over the site, because repetition is the enemy of curiosity (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...). One thing I've learned today, after 11 hours of posting in this thread, is that it's easy to look at an article in isolation and say "Really? That got moderated?" - when in fact if you know the larger context there's nearly always a straightforward explanation. One can certainly argue that 86 points and 46 comments is too low a threshold to treat the repost as a dupe, but that's a different question, no?

defrost 3y ago
> after 11 hours of posting in this thread The effort is appreciated by some if not most.
- dang 3y ago
  It wasn't 11 hours straight by any means. But thanks! It's nice of you to say that. When I get tired I start to complain. It's a bad habit.