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It's not a copy, it's not a dupe, it's a genuine update. I think it's an error to think of this as a dupe, and I think it's an error to move the comments there
by ColinWright 2y ago
It's not a copy, it's not a dupe, it's a genuine update.
I think it's an error to think of this as a dupe, and I think it's an error to move the comments there.
But too late now.
- dang 2y agoIt's not too late. But the criterion here isn't whether the articles are technically different, it's whether the discussions are substantially the same or not. In this case the answer was yes: the discussion in the current thread was generic and therefore indistinguishable from the discussion in the previous thread. You can see this for yourself—here are the subthreads I moved: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549200