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0 pointstpmx3y ago0 comments

That could explain it. Thanks!

Is this behavior documented anywhere on news.ycombinator.com?

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mindcrime3y ago

There isn't a ton of documentation per-se about HN behavior. There is:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

and

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

and a handful of posts by dang, sama, pg, etc. over the course of the years. most of the rest is what long-time users have just figured out through observation. There's a Git repo[1] out there that aggregates a lot of that stuff, but keep in mind that it's technically unofficial. That said, I think most of what's there is widely considered to be correct.

[1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

tpmxOP3y ago

Thanks, that's a good summary of what I've seen referenced throughout my years here.

I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect.

mindcrime3y ago

I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect.

I think that falls into the "noticed through observation" bucket. I'm relatively sure that it is correct, as I've noticed that behavior myself. But, I have no official standing here and I could be totally wrong. But that sure seems to be what happens in my experience.

tpmxOP3y ago

So you may have misunderstood your observations, just like I maybe did.

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manigandham3y ago

You can try this yourself. Go to the ‘new’ page and submit an existing URL. You’ll be redirected to the existing post which will now have at least one more vote.

tpmxOP3y ago

which will now have at least one more vote

Not automatically.

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mindcrime3y ago

There isn't a ton of documentation per-se about HN behavior. There is:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

and

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

[1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

tpmxOP3y ago

Thanks, that's a good summary of what I've seen referenced throughout my years here.

I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect.

mindcrime3y ago

I can't find any reference to something like "combine the scores of new submissions of the same URL to the first submission's score" though. I guess that's either new information or incorrect.

tpmxOP3y ago

So you may have misunderstood your observations, just like I maybe did.

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manigandham3y ago

You can try this yourself. Go to the ‘new’ page and submit an existing URL. You’ll be redirected to the existing post which will now have at least one more vote.

tpmxOP3y ago

which will now have at least one more vote

Not automatically.

1 more reply

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse