I have submitted this exact article three days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32821927
Can someone tell me how this apparent duplicate comes into being? I was under the impression that HN consolidates identical submissions.
Can someone tell me how this apparent duplicate comes into being? I was under the impression that HN consolidates identical submissions.
From the HN FAQ[1]:
> Are reposts ok?
> If a story has not had significant attention in the last year or so, a small number of reposts is ok. Otherwise we bury reposts as duplicates.
> Please don't delete and repost the same story. Deletion is for things that shouldn't have been submitted in the first place.
Often I submit a link, but it doesn’t even get a submission made. Instead it just counts as an upvote on the same link that somebody else already submitted.
I’m guessing there’s a time-based cutoff.