ok. I don't understand HN's submission system at all. I was looking to submit an article [1] that was an intensely fun read. Before I did I looked for previous

ok. I don't understand HN's submission system at all. I was looking to submit an article [1] that was an intensely fun read. Before I did I looked for previous submissions, and found this: [2] and this [3] Given the seriously low scores these stories had vs how good the article was, I assumed it just got unlucky, so I posted it again. In response to my POST, Hacker News sent me a 302 redirect to [3]. Ok, that must be because the url refers to the same story. Which I figured was some automatic thing HN does to avoid reposts. Given that the OP url hadn't obviously mutated in any way, I knew I didn't need to check, so I submitted again... and nothing, that was fine. So I have no idea how hacker news works. I plead innocent by way of insanity. 1: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/december32011/index.html http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/december32011/index.html 2: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3971657 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3971657 3: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3474763 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3474763