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by _they 2685 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6834791
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If you really want to know how many time it has been posted, HN links to "from" tab when you click the site in the parentheses instead of the title: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=explainshell.com
Curious, how long is it until it's okay to post a duplicate?
That's a frequently asked question!

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Thank you.

> If a story has had significant attention in the last year or so, we kill reposts as duplicates. If not, a small number of reposts is ok.

I was embarrassed it's in there and expected a definitive rule. Now I'm not feeling that bad ;)

I dont know the exact time but it wont let you if it has not been long enough. And it is tradition for someone to post links to previous discussion.
Unless I'm going crazy, the guidelines used to say 1 year.