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I like the HN UI. I like its minimalistic no-clutter fast-loading timeless design.

The only thing that irritates me on HN sometimes, are duplicate posts/topics. That is essentially the fault of impulsive users who post without checking out if something has already been posted. A duplicate detection algorithm with minimal interference on the UI could be a solution.

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A dupe software already exists. Stories would be marked as dupe and dead, if you have showdead on.

There are tons of dupes that don't get killed.

May I see an example of this? If it's a dupe, but not killed, there is a likely chance someone vouched for it.

Yes, I've seen stories marked as dupe. But aren't they posts pointing to exactly the same URL or with exactly the same title? That isn't sufficient IMHO. It has to detect posts about the same news subject. It's not a trivial problem, as follow-up stories in the media could be detected as dupes, rightly or wrongly, depending on the criteria of what exactly is a dupe.

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