> Discussion from 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48504361

That post:

> 140 points by mrmarket 3 days ago | unvote | flag | hide | past | favorite | 110 comments

This post:

> 626 points by vrnvu 8 hours ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 431 comments

IMHO, it's not a dup, because it's getting a lot more traction today.

Do dupe's get necessarily de-ranked ?

If it has active participation in the form of new comments, it makes sense to merge the comments and not penalize the post.