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Ask HN: When the submission is marked [DUPE]

1 points by gringow ↗ HN
Can someone from the HN team explain to me the exact rules for when a post is marked as DUPE? In my opinion, a post with a link to an article that comments on an event shouldn't be considered a DUPE just because there is another post with a link to a different article commenting on the same event.

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gringow
With this approach, we could actually mark all posts that comment on or describe the same topic, for example, what an immutable variable in Rust is, as DUPE.
ChrisArchitect
Dupe often means duplicate discussion. If you see a dupe, there's usually an ongoing/recent discussion elsewhere already, from a main source or news item. Want to add to the conversation? Share a link in the discussion instead of splitting it up. News stories reporting on the same topic without really adding anything substantial to the discussion are dupes.
gringow
Then remove upvoting, if for example you, the architect of the world, are the one deciding what is and isn’t added value. In that case, upvoting isn’t even necessary.

I thought that if something has no value, it won’t be upvoted or discussed, so practically no one will see it.

If "dupe" usually means a duplicate discussion, then marking something as a dupe where there isn’t even a discussion yet, and according to you it has no value/substance, so there won’t be any, is nonsense.

I'm just waiting for shadow bans, because of supporting the elites and every hype at the expense of the herd, actually, I wouldn't be surprised if it was already happening here too.