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Ok, I would like to take this opportunity to ask something about HN. What if, say a month later Gmail.com goes down again. Then, how do I submit another post t
by gprasanth 14y ago
Ok, I would like to take this opportunity to ask something about HN.
What if, say a month later Gmail.com goes down again. Then, how do I submit another post to HN? I mean wouldn't I be redirected to this one?
- Cyranix 14y agoSubmitting the link of a dead site has never really made any sense to me in the first place. If the company has a separate status page, post the most specific URL from that page. If not, perhaps an external checker like http://www.isup.me http://www.isup.me with a (manually entered) query string for the date would be appropriate.
- kibwen 14y agoTo clarify what Cyranix said, it's possible to add a useless query string on the end of a URL in order to have HN fail to match a URL that's already been submitted. So say SocialMobileLocal.com goes down and someone submits a link: status.socialmobilelocal.com When it goes down again a year later, you can submit: status.socialmobilelocal.com?foo=bar
- gprasanth 14y agoAh figured that myself. Now I can bring up old discussions again :)