[zekrioca]

Interesting: In HN, a same link submitted at a different time get different # of upvotes.

Same link, just 13h ago, but with 5x less upvotes than the one in here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27992894

[ghoward]

Because the US programmers were going to bed?

[zekrioca]

I'd expect HN to not let duplicates to be submitted.

[IvyMike]

From the FAQ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

> 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.

[zekrioca]

Attention to "in the last year or so". The same link was posted 13-14h ago, not "1 year or so ago".

[IvyMike]

They have explicitly stated that are ok with retrying recent overlooked stories just in case a story got missed or buried for whatever reason.

They are also ok with reposting year+ old stories that did get significant attention at the time, since the new respost may find a new audience.

[zekrioca]

The main point is: Assuming the New section is a queue, and that the very same link is posted twice, should the first link be re-queued in the New section again? It was clearly a duplicate, although it was not flagged as such.

[ghoward]

I see. Well, it actually happens all the time.