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Does it count as a dupe if the original post is too old to reply to? (Genuinely curious)



yes, 1 year. From the FAQ:

> Are reposts ok?

If a story has not had significant attention in the last year or so, a small number of reposts is ok. Otherwise we bury reposts as duplicates.


Thanks, I totally missed that - good to know.


that's pretty vague, first of all last month is in the last year; even if we assume in the last year to mean longer than a year ago the or so part can also imply leeway before that year is out (this is of course a regional usage, most places in U.S I think take last year or so to mean a year or more)

usage of vernacular speech while humanizing also has the effect of making things inexact.


And that's why we invented math!


yeah without math I wouldn't know I got downvoted from 1 to 0!


+1 for math. :^)




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