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This is intended HN behavior. Someone else submitted it again today and due to the closeness of times (within a few days), a new item is not created but the old
by abdullahkhalids 2y ago
This is intended HN behavior. Someone else submitted it again today and due to the closeness of times (within a few days), a new item is not created but the old item is boosted.
- freetonik 2y agoAh, thanks for clarifying, did not know this. I thought when someone submits an existing link it either has no effect (and the submitter is redirected to the old post), or a new post is created if enough time had passed since the original submission.
- bobnamob 2y agoThere’s also a chance it was placed on the second chance queue and reposted “automatically”