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I figured it would be easier for people to read it here and not leave HN. Worse for getting views I guess. But, it's got a lot of upvotes so maybe that helped. Didn't expect it to hit #3 spot today.

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I have to admit I sometimes only read comments but while I upvoted the article (thank you for writing it), I downvoted your copy-of-the-text comment. Not sure the community opinion but that isn't normal in my observation and based on the upvotes I'm getting on my question, I would advise against the duplication in the future. It's a little picayune, I apologize, but part of what makes HN great is a higher signal to noise ratio.

Thanks again for the insightful article!

I've never shared the text in the first comment, although I have a memory of seeing it done previously but not often. It's also the first time one of my articles hit the front page and I can't help but think that was part of the reason -- people were happy to read but not click. I'll consider it or perhaps do a condensed version of the article as a comment.

Curious, did you downvote because it seemed to violate the norms, or did it have a negative experience for you? Or was the negative experience seeing it violate the norms, or something else.

Thanks for the upvotes (and down votes!) and comments.

You have an interesting notion of the value copying could provide, thanks for sharing. I can not tell you what factors helped it hit the front page or not.

I can tell you that, after clicking and reading through, having the same text repeated felt like it didn't use my attention well. That was the basis of my downvote.

Thank you for your curiosity and for sating mine.

Good point, I could make a note that the article is in the first comment so people don’t click and get a repeat.

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