Comment on Low Light and High Dynamic Range photography in the Google Camera AppComments−ot11yI posted this 2 hours ago [1] and both the posts are in home; the URLs differ just by a trailing question mark.How come the duplicate detector didn't trigger?[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8515417−joosters11yI think the duplicate detector looks at exact URL matches. Things like a trailing / or ? will let a new story go through.−ot11yThe duplicate detector is usually quite more clever than just exact URL match. Why the downvote?EDIT: In fact, I just tried to re-submit an existing link by adding a question mark and it didn't go through.−peteretep11y > The duplicate detector is usually quite more clever than > just exact URL match This doesn't match my experience, but then I usually editorialize my titles if I'm resubmitting something I know is here already.
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I posted this 2 hours ago [1] and both the posts are in home; the URLs differ just by a trailing question mark.
How come the duplicate detector didn't trigger?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8515417
I think the duplicate detector looks at exact URL matches. Things like a trailing / or ? will let a new story go through.
The duplicate detector is usually quite more clever than just exact URL match. Why the downvote?
EDIT: In fact, I just tried to re-submit an existing link by adding a question mark and it didn't go through.