On HN, dupe means duplicate discussion for the same link
> duplicate discussion for the same link
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this is incorrect per moderator dang at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43765252:
> On HN, dupeness is more a question of whether the underlying story is substantively the same or not
I believe dang's most recent in-depth explanation can be found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43738815 and you can search for more at https://hn.algolia.com?query=author%3Adang+dupe&sort=byDate&...
Submissions of the same exact URL are automatically merged into the previous discussion server side, and are discouraged for about a year.
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> duplicate discussion for the same link
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this is incorrect per moderator dang at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43765252:
> On HN, dupeness is more a question of whether the underlying story is substantively the same or not
I believe dang's most recent in-depth explanation can be found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43738815 and you can search for more at https://hn.algolia.com?query=author%3Adang+dupe&sort=byDate&...
Submissions of the same exact URL are automatically merged into the previous discussion server side, and are discouraged for about a year.