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rkagerer
on Feb 1, 2019
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Something mysterious is blocking car key fobs from...
I'm confused - I submitted this story and identical link a day earlier but got no traction. Not complaining, just wondering how Hacker News works.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19043315
sametmax
on Feb 1, 2019
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It's like when you tell a joke: who posts a link and when is as important as the content of the link itself. It's unfair, but any human system is influenced that way.
kiallmacinnes
on Feb 1, 2019
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Probably just timing & competition from other articles... Often an article is submitted twice, and the second attempt gains traction.
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