- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15297922
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15134949
EDIT: Not sure why my comment is being downvoted for pointing out that this exact hobby project has been continually posted in the last couple of months.
Because of the following reasons:
1) There's the subtle implication in comments like yours that this posting is not worthy because it was posted before.
2) It doesn't matter. Stuff is re-posted all the time, sometimes simultaneously. That's just the way the web works.
3) It's not your job to moderate or research this site for others.
I understand the subtle difference between the two deliveries, but I wouldn't be so dismissive.
re 1) The assumed unworthiness is reading to much into it. Plenty of people point out previous posts. These are both good to read previous comments, and also to assess the spamminess of the post/poster -- how much this is so is up to the readers themselves to decide. I'm glad if someone has done the research for me already.
re 2) Does matter, see previous.
re 3) HN is a public forum, not a workplace.
Well, it _is_ less worthy if it has been posted before, isn't it?
> It doesn't matter. Stuff is re-posted all the time, sometimes simultaneously. That's just the way the web works.
Being common doesn't make it desirable.
> It's not your job to moderate or research this site for others.
Is it a bad deed if it's not "your job"? In my eyes, someone needs to do it (and it would be great if we had mods to do it instead).