Comment by wmf

1 year ago

Dupes are allowed after some number of hours.

I think it is time * (votes+comments).

In practice, if it gets any real amount of votes or comments, you have to wait a year to repost. If it doesn't get any attention, it can be reposted quickly (though I think it should be a day later).

It depends. I tried posting a few links I came across over the past few days, and it just showed me dups but they were from days or weeks or sometimes months ago.

  • Not sure why this comment is downvoted. Yes, I got redirected for a dupe earlier today for something posted 7 months ago. And even though the content substantially changed, it can’t be posted again.

    • I seem to remember getting that and having the option to post it again. Maybe it’s a karma related thing.

It seems like, if the link is the same, submitting a dupe should just raise the original.