@beders: “Ah, hacker news, the web site that can't detect duplicates or afford a message preview.”

They could provide a report a duplicate link.

@beders: “Anybody else amused that we use this bare-bones, no-frills forum to discuss high-tech? ;)”

I find it one of, if not the best tech forum online. They could stop modding comments that they disagree with into oblivion.