> Dang & co, this is a bug, it should be fixed. Agreed, more or less, this would be easy to work around naively. Though an duplicate detection should not block

> Dang & co, this is a bug, it should be fixed. Agreed, more or less, this would be easy to work around naively. Though an duplicate detection should not block reposts based on removing the anchor nor should the anchor portion automatically be removed generally. Some sites unnecessarily setup as SPAs use the anchor portion for context so it is needed for direct links to the right article in those¹, and going directly to a specific section in a long page can also be useful. > nice karma trick posting the URL with the anchor to bypass the HN duplicates detector. Karma jealously is as unbecoming as karma whoring, so perhaps wind the ol' neck in a little there. Laziness/ineptitude is more common than malice and this could have been accidental via quick copy+paste. A better way to respond in this situation is a more neutral “Already recently discussed at [link]”, as had been done some hours before your comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45646691#45647047 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45646691#45647047 ---- [1] Yes, those sites are badly designed, but they are unlikely to change because of our technical preferences and breaking the ability to deep link into them would add an issue for HN while not being noticed by those sites at all.