Comment by dang

> my personal rule is that it should be older than a year ago before I'd submit it again

That's indeed the rule, but only when the story has had significant attention (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html).

When a story hasn't had significant attention in the last year (or a bit longer), it's ok to repost a small number of times.

Past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...