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HN really should allow resubmissions after a certain number of days. Its fine to have an imperfect algorithm, its rather frustrating to pretends its perfect.
by aakilfernandes 11y ago
HN really should allow resubmissions after a certain number of days. Its fine to have an imperfect algorithm, its rather frustrating to pretends its perfect.
- tptacek 11y agoIt does. Just put ?resubmitted=true (or any other junk) at the end of your URL. Wait a couple days before doing it. Don't resubmit if your original submission generated a thread, or hit the front page (you can resubmit if that happens later in the year).
- sarciszewski 11y agoI had no idea this was a thing. :O
- JoshTriplett 11y agoOr, more simply and without actually sending query parameters to the site, append an empty anchor '#'.
- tptacek 11y agoThe one reason I have not to just put empty anchors on pages is that people might write comments saying your story is a "dupe" if you don't make it obvious that was intentional. (But then, they may do that anyways).
- minimaxir 11y agoYou can append "?hn=1" to resubmit. It's not perfect and I wish it was more mechanical, though.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoQuery parameters don't require a value. A blank /?/* is perfectly enough.
- czinck 11y agoAlso, the way HN is designed the dupe-check only works on the last N posts (that are in memory), so if you wait a while you can resubmit without any of the tricks others have mentioned. You'll need to wait over a week, though (not sure the exact time).