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[deleting this -- now that the source for the article has been changed, my comment is not as relevant]

by arduanika 1y ago

malnourish 1y ago
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- dang 1y ago
  Please don't attack another user like this, no matter how wrong they are or you feel they are. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - malnourish 1y ago
    Thank you for the correction, you're right and I apologize.
nomilk 1y ago
Not sure why the source for the article was changed (never seen - or at least never noticed - that on HN before). For anyone interested, the original source was: https://reason.com/2025/09/05/navy-seals-reportedly-killed-north-korean-fishermen-and-mutilated-their-bodies-to-hide-a-failed-mission/ https://reason.com/2025/09/05/navy-seals-reportedly-killed-n...
- hetspookjee 1y ago
  It happens sometimes on HN. Times I’ve seen it happen is when another article covers the events better, or are just the original article instead.
- dang 1y ago
  Oh, it happens all the time. Usually we post a comment saying so (here are 2,000 of those: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20url%20from%20change&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...), but sometimes we don't have time or are on mobile, etc. I've added such a comment to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45155452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45155452 now, which is where it would usually go.
  - nomilk 1y ago
    Nice. Idea: it would be cool if HN kept the original submission just as signpost or tombstone, that would be incredibly transparent (otherwise tracing URL modifications depends entirely on the submitter mentioning it and being honest about it). Although I admit this is a very minor feature. I know stack overflow does a vaguely similar thing with duplicate posts, where they'll usually be downvoted and closed quickly, but they often remain as 'signposts' linking to the preferred post on that topic. Btw, thanks for all the work you do.

[deleting this -- now that the source for the article has been changed, my comment is not as relevant]

malnourish 1y ago

[flagged]

dang 1y ago
Please don't attack another user like this, no matter how wrong they are or you feel they are. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- malnourish 1y ago
  Thank you for the correction, you're right and I apologize.

nomilk 1y ago

Not sure why the source for the article was changed (never seen - or at least never noticed - that on HN before). For anyone interested, the original source was: https://reason.com/2025/09/05/navy-seals-reportedly-killed-north-korean-fishermen-and-mutilated-their-bodies-to-hide-a-failed-mission/ https://reason.com/2025/09/05/navy-seals-reportedly-killed-n...

hetspookjee 1y ago
It happens sometimes on HN. Times I’ve seen it happen is when another article covers the events better, or are just the original article instead.
dang 1y ago
Oh, it happens all the time. Usually we post a comment saying so (here are 2,000 of those: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20url%20from%20change&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...), but sometimes we don't have time or are on mobile, etc. I've added such a comment to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45155452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45155452 now, which is where it would usually go.
- nomilk 1y ago
  Nice. Idea: it would be cool if HN kept the original submission just as signpost or tombstone, that would be incredibly transparent (otherwise tracing URL modifications depends entirely on the submitter mentioning it and being honest about it). Although I admit this is a very minor feature. I know stack overflow does a vaguely similar thing with duplicate posts, where they'll usually be downvoted and closed quickly, but they often remain as 'signposts' linking to the preferred post on that topic. Btw, thanks for all the work you do.