[FrustratedMonky]

Asking because it isn't spelled out in HN Guidelines. What are the actual automated rules for posting 'dupe' stories?

This is a dupe from 10 days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39400770

When I submit something that is a dupe, it gets labeled as dupe and not posted. But this post was dupe and did get posted.

What are the automated rules?

[pegasus]

There's a somewhat recent post by dang saying that (if I remember correctly) moderators sometimes manually look over rejected posts and give them a second chance if they feel it's worth a shot.

[romaintailhurat]

Weird because the app i used for posting this story usually points me to a dupe when there is one, i'm not sure if it's part of the HN API and why this mechanism has not worked as intended.

[FrustratedMonky]

ah. thank you. that might explain it.

I'll try the app next time, maybe that bypasses some check.

Or better, next time I submit, I'll use website regularly, and if it flags as dupe, I can switch to app and see if it bypasses the check.