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584 points Alifatisk | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 12:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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bilsbie ◴[07 Dec 25 17:51 UTC] No.46183543[source]▶

I submitted this exact url yesterday. What’s the criteria for when hn creates a new post vs going to the existing?

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Mods usually apply [Dupe] to later submissions if a recent (last year or so) one had a fair amount of discussion.

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bilsbie ◴[07 Dec 25 20:48 UTC] No.46185010[source]▶

So if mine got no discussion they just allow a new one to be posted?

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airstrike ◴[07 Dec 25 21:30 UTC] No.46185352[source]▶

Sometimes they'll merge the two. What shows up on the FP is hit or miss. One might even say it's stochastic.

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I wonder if someone's looked into the optimal time of day and day of the week to post for maximum traction.

If I had to guess it would be monday morning pacific time when people would rather be doing anything than working.

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1. pylotlight ◴[08 Dec 25 00:52 UTC] No.46187079{3}[source]▶

Surely there's already stats on this or even a whole paper :P Could pull all dupe posts over time and see which ones are more popular etc.

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