HACKER Q&A
📣 maxfan8

Have you seen repeat/similiar submissions recently?


This is sort of a meta-question, which was prompted when I saw the another submission of the same url that I submitted reach the front page of HN. Is the HN submission tool broken?

My example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21913030

Example of similar posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918610 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21916651

I'm sure there are other examples out there.

  👤 mtmail Accepted Answer ✓
There is, or at least was yesterday, a problem with 'Ask HN' submissions. Story (question) submission worked fine but users got an error message, so they kept submitting the same again.

The example you list seems new indeed. Usually there's at least a difference in URL. Or the older story is a day old (stories that didn't gain traction get another chance).

This is something for hn@ycombinator.com to check on.

👤 Nextgrid
Agreed, I've noticed that too. Also noticed quite a bit more spam posts than usual, not sure if it's related.
👤 maxfan8
Some other examples of this happening:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21916831

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21920583