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Dated: 2010/08/21 Previously on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1809346 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1809346 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?i

by ajays 14y ago

Dated: 2010/08/21 Previously on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1809346 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1809346 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1624997 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1624997 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1624041 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1624041 Before you submit a URL to HN, try this query on Google: link:(your URL) site:news.ycombinator.com

sophacles 14y ago
Occasional reposts are OK. You may have seen it before, but I haven't. In the 18+ months since the last time it was posted, here are some things that have happened: * new people have joined the site who haven't seen it. * people who previously had no interest in ML became interested * people have gained experience and insight which gives a new light to the video, perhaps having new things to say. * the ability to comment on the older posts has been removed The last one is probably the best argument against redundancy haters: HN expires the ability to comment on links after a time. So even if I wanted to not repost, I could no longer discuss this video, as the original thread is closed. Further, even if the comment period did not expire, there is no comment notification system on HN, making it very difficult to keep up with older threads that get new comments The other points are however equally valid - reposting occasionally is fine. I'm sure you don't tell your friends "we discussed the time bob did $silly 3 months ago, we don't need to tell it again", particularly when there are new people around hearing the story for the first time. The best part about when it does come up again on HN - you don't have to participate, you can just ignore the redundant post if you don't care. Just because it is there, does not mean you have to read and comment on it!
- exim 14y ago
  Actually, when I did accidentally reposted something, I was redirected to the original HN post, and automatically upvoted it. This happened several times. Not sure, maybe there is some time threshold... EDIT: Apparently there is :) as it was mentioned here.
scott_s 14y ago
HN does not allow the same URL to be submitted during a certain window of time. After that window has expired, it can be reposted. This is a feature, not a bug.
- ehsanu1 14y ago
  I think it's actually a bit more random than that. Sometime in the last few years on HN I seem to recall reading that it was a function of whether the URL posted is in some cache or not. If that's true, then recently accessed article can't be reposted.
  - derleth 14y ago
    If that's true, then I think we can take it to mean pg really doesn't care about reposts. Whether the HN culture as a whole dislikes reposts is another matter (in my experience it does not) but it does take one argument away from the people who think reposts are contrary to what we do around here.
afrozenator 14y ago
I remember writing in the description to the same effect that it was old, and may have been posted before. Although it served the purpose to bring it to other people's notice, you have have found it repetitive, for that I apologize.
rsanchez1 14y ago
Or they could just move that scrollbar to the bottom of the page, find the search box in the bottom-center, and type in the URL.

by ajays 14y ago

sophacles 14y ago

Occasional reposts are OK. You may have seen it before, but I haven't. In the 18+ months since the last time it was posted, here are some things that have happened: * new people have joined the site who haven't seen it. * people who previously had no interest in ML became interested * people have gained experience and insight which gives a new light to the video, perhaps having new things to say. * the ability to comment on the older posts has been removed The last one is probably the best argument against redundancy haters: HN expires the ability to comment on links after a time. So even if I wanted to not repost, I could no longer discuss this video, as the original thread is closed. Further, even if the comment period did not expire, there is no comment notification system on HN, making it very difficult to keep up with older threads that get new comments The other points are however equally valid - reposting occasionally is fine. I'm sure you don't tell your friends "we discussed the time bob did $silly 3 months ago, we don't need to tell it again", particularly when there are new people around hearing the story for the first time. The best part about when it does come up again on HN - you don't have to participate, you can just ignore the redundant post if you don't care. Just because it is there, does not mean you have to read and comment on it!

exim 14y ago
Actually, when I did accidentally reposted something, I was redirected to the original HN post, and automatically upvoted it. This happened several times. Not sure, maybe there is some time threshold... EDIT: Apparently there is :) as it was mentioned here.

scott_s 14y ago

HN does not allow the same URL to be submitted during a certain window of time. After that window has expired, it can be reposted. This is a feature, not a bug.

ehsanu1 14y ago
I think it's actually a bit more random than that. Sometime in the last few years on HN I seem to recall reading that it was a function of whether the URL posted is in some cache or not. If that's true, then recently accessed article can't be reposted.
- derleth 14y ago
  If that's true, then I think we can take it to mean pg really doesn't care about reposts. Whether the HN culture as a whole dislikes reposts is another matter (in my experience it does not) but it does take one argument away from the people who think reposts are contrary to what we do around here.

afrozenator 14y ago

I remember writing in the description to the same effect that it was old, and may have been posted before. Although it served the purpose to bring it to other people's notice, you have have found it repetitive, for that I apologize.

rsanchez1 14y ago

Or they could just move that scrollbar to the bottom of the page, find the search box in the bottom-center, and type in the URL.