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This was submitted 9 days ago, as you can verify in the history of the submitter and some of the comments. Why is it now showing up again on the frontpage with

This was submitted 9 days ago, as you can verify in the history of the submitter and some of the comments. Why is it now showing up again on the frontpage with bogus timestamps all over? I've seen this happen before, is it a bug or another weird HN "feature?"

echelon_musk 2y ago
When similar situations were discussed previously I recall it having something to do with the second chance pool: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 Not sure if that is the case here now.
- elpocko 2y ago
  Okay. It's 9 days later and now the post and comments have 2 different timestamps, the real ones from 9 days ago (in the post and comment histories) and the bogus ones from a few hours ago that you see here. So weird and unusual, it made me question my sanity.
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input_sh 2y ago
It's a "feature", some of the older threads get bumped up manually by the mods. Posts that they pick from: https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool Detailed explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998309
Crosseye_Jack 2y ago
It’s a feature. It’s called second chance or something like that. Going off my memory, so I’m probably not 100% correct, An post might have been made at “just the wrong time” so it failed to get any traction, but the mods took a look at it and think something along the lines of “eh, it deserves a second chance”. Which then resets the post date and gives it another chance in the feed, but retains the previous comments so the timestamps can look off. A bit like when a YouTube video gets its published date reset when being changed from unlisted to public, so you can have a video that was “published” 10 mins ago, but with comments from days previous.
TacticalCoder 2y ago
It's really highly disturbing and it induces a weird "Deja vu" symptom in several people. I think HN should think about adding a little explanation saying "this thread was first shown on 2024-12-07 and then got revived on 2024-12-12". Because it simply throws so many people off.

echelon_musk 2y ago

When similar situations were discussed previously I recall it having something to do with the second chance pool: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 Not sure if that is the case here now.

elpocko 2y ago
Okay. It's 9 days later and now the post and comments have 2 different timestamps, the real ones from 9 days ago (in the post and comment histories) and the bogus ones from a few hours ago that you see here. So weird and unusual, it made me question my sanity.

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input_sh 2y ago

It's a "feature", some of the older threads get bumped up manually by the mods. Posts that they pick from: https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool Detailed explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998309

Crosseye_Jack 2y ago

It’s a feature. It’s called second chance or something like that. Going off my memory, so I’m probably not 100% correct, An post might have been made at “just the wrong time” so it failed to get any traction, but the mods took a look at it and think something along the lines of “eh, it deserves a second chance”. Which then resets the post date and gives it another chance in the feed, but retains the previous comments so the timestamps can look off. A bit like when a YouTube video gets its published date reset when being changed from unlisted to public, so you can have a video that was “published” 10 mins ago, but with comments from days previous.

TacticalCoder 2y ago

It's really highly disturbing and it induces a weird "Deja vu" symptom in several people. I think HN should think about adding a little explanation saying "this thread was first shown on 2024-12-07 and then got revived on 2024-12-12". Because it simply throws so many people off.