undefined | Better HN

0 pointsColinWright14y ago0 comments

There has always been a duplicate detector. If you submit an identical URL, instead of a submission, you upvote the original version and get shown that page.

0 comments

wccrawford14y ago

It doesn't always work, though. Sometimes it will still create a new post, even with an identical URL.

ColinWrightOP14y ago

I suspect it only works for items in the cache, and anything old enough and not recently referenced might only be on disk and not get checked.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsColinWright14y ago0 comments

There has always been a duplicate detector. If you submit an identical URL, instead of a submission, you upvote the original version and get shown that page.

0 comments

wccrawford14y ago

It doesn't always work, though. Sometimes it will still create a new post, even with an identical URL.

ColinWrightOP14y ago

I suspect it only works for items in the cache, and anything old enough and not recently referenced might only be on disk and not get checked.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse