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Out of curiosity: I submitted the exact same link 6 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5369899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5369899 How is

• niggler 14y ago
  Because it was PG that submitted the new link :)
  • Xcelerate 14y ago
    The person who submits the article affects its votes? That's weird. (Even if it is the founder).
    • andrewtbham 14y ago
      I suspect people follow pg's submission. https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=pg https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=pg
    • jpwagner 14y ago
      Think about all the other factors as well: time of day, day of week...
• SODaniel 14y ago
  Because every time BTC jump 20% the same article will be 'interesting again' due to the large number of Bitcoin owners that frequent HN. CAPITALISM!!
  • deleted 14y ago
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• pg 14y ago
  The dupe detector only looks at items in memory, which means the most recent 15k plus any that have been viewed recently.
  • bjork 14y ago
    I don't want to come off as a troll or anything, but is the technological mediocrity of this site intentional (e.g. "Unknown or expired link.")?
    • xnxn 14y ago
      HN works as well as it needs to.
      • Helianthus 14y ago
        ... which is a really terrible way to run something effectively. Basically, it means it'll fail whenever it suddenly needs something predictable but previously unneeded.
        • SkyMarshal 14y ago
          ... which will drive away everyone overly impressed by flashy features and/or who like to whine about every little unimportant thing, like a social news site being down briefly, or not being able to see karma scores. Working as intended probably.
          • deleted 14y ago
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        • xnxn 14y ago
          I think we just have different expectations. I see HN as a YC-hosted water cooler - nothing more. It's not important to me that it be bug-free or fast or even up all the time. YMMV.
    • tptacek 14y ago