[–] ColinWright 6y ago ↗ As I said earlier[0]:Extreme scepticism: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20704017Personally, I think that W3W is a really, really bad system to solve a probably real problem.Other submissions of this puff piece:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20723965https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20706030--------[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20725818 [–] personlurking 6y ago ↗ My mistake. Hopefully my submission can be flagged for removal. I recall HN recognizing dupes and using a new submission of an already posted URL effectively as an upvote (rather than allow the dupe through). I guess they don't do that any longer. [–] DoreenMichele 6y ago ↗ They do still do that, but I think it has a time limit of a few hours. Also, I'm guessing the URL probably needs to be identical to trigger it.
[–] personlurking 6y ago ↗ My mistake. Hopefully my submission can be flagged for removal. I recall HN recognizing dupes and using a new submission of an already posted URL effectively as an upvote (rather than allow the dupe through). I guess they don't do that any longer. [–] DoreenMichele 6y ago ↗ They do still do that, but I think it has a time limit of a few hours. Also, I'm guessing the URL probably needs to be identical to trigger it.
[–] DoreenMichele 6y ago ↗ They do still do that, but I think it has a time limit of a few hours. Also, I'm guessing the URL probably needs to be identical to trigger it.
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[ 2.0 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadExtreme scepticism: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20704017
Personally, I think that W3W is a really, really bad system to solve a probably real problem.
Other submissions of this puff piece:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20723965
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20706030
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[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20725818