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by ChrisArchitect 86 days ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47506251
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That is not a dupe
I think it is. The launch announcement explicitly says the same thing, “Meta is our lead partner and customer”.
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.

But one is a press release from ARM and the other is a report from CNBC. How are the two the same?

By your logic, there shouldn't be a gazillion posts about Apple Events the day it happens.

Apple usually announces like 3-5 new products, each in a distinct market / audience fit. Arm announced one product for one customer.

But sometimes two long discussions ensue on separate days for one event/product/announcement, if it's big enough. Often the discussions are merged later on. No big deal.

When the two submissions aren't the exact same link, it becomes a subjective question as to whether they're similar enough to count as a dupe or not. They aren't automatically always a dupe just because the overall general topic is the same, but nor are they automatically considered not a dupe just because they're not identical.

In this case the consensus (that I agree with) certainly seems to be that they're similar enough to be considered a dupe. Though that doesn't force the moderators to have to treat it like a dupe and merge comments.

It's not my logic, it's the logic of the moderator(s) of HN. Here's more, cut+paste from the link previously provided (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43738815):

> I agree—they're not all the same story. On the other hand: stories in an ongoing sequence usually lead to repetitive discussion, which is bad for HN