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An open letter to the United Nations
- fsflover 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843749 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843749
- dredmorbius 2y agoIf you're calling a submission a dupe, say so. In this case, there's an 11-hour old submission, but at only 6 comments, it's well below the threshold I (a non-privileged HN participant) usually call for dupes, that being ~20 comments. So no, this is not a dupe. Edit: For clarity, from the HN FAQ: Are reposts ok? If a story has not had significant attention in the last year or so, a small number of reposts is ok. Otherwise we bury reposts as duplicates. <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html> "Significant" is undefined. I've given my own threshold which AFAIU is roughly that which HN mods use. But I am not one of those mods.
- fsflover 2y ago> If you're calling a submission a dupe, say so. I don't.
- dredmorbius 2y agoMy point goes both ways: if you're linking a previous submission, indicate whether or not you think that the current submission is a dupe. Otherwise your intent is unclear, and those of us who both flag dupes and try to see that legitimate submissions get a fair chance have to do extra work. I do this myself, e.g., Not dupes: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33942714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33942714> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39242203 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39242203> Dupes: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40785312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40785312> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40678762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40678762> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481418> Generally, posting naked links is a poor practice. (There are occasional exceptions. They are rare.) You don't have to write a book, just make context / intent clear, as the examples I've linked show.
- fsflover 2y ago> indicate whether or not you think that the current submission is a dupe. Otherwise your intent is unclear I know that repeated submissions are allowed, so I don't want to claim that it's a dupe. My intent is to link to existing comments, which could be interesting for the newcomers.
- dredmorbius 2y agoAgain, for the reasons noted above, a brief clarification would be helpful. Example below my 20 comments dupe threshold: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29403605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29403605> And above: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36879793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36879793>
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