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by Selfcommit 4830 days ago
Yeah, I don't understand the down votes honestly. We've seen this - not just a few months ago.

Why is it ok to post again? Should I have provided the HN link?

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It's more that your comment didn't add anything to the conversation.

If you'd said "You can find the previous conversation at XXX" then you'd be contributing. As it is you just added noise.

Thanks for elaborating for me. The key point is adding to the conversation. Novelty accounts tend to be the realm of Reddit but one of my favorites is the one that says "Anyone looking for more information..." and goes on to list past posts of a link. That's infinitely better than simply "Repost"