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Re:Is it my impression or are things devolving? by s-xyz on Thursday May 26, 2022 @06:39PM (#31524139)
How did this post end up in Ask HN, since its missing the “Ask HN”?
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Re:Is it my impression or are things devolving? by AnimalMuppet on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:01PM (#31524723)
Because you can either post a URL, or you can post text. If you post text, then it ends up in "Ask HN". It's convention to begin the title with "Ask HN" to avoid confusion, but the server software doesn't care.
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Re:Is it my impression or are things devolving? by kazinator on Thursday May 26, 2022 @07:01PM (#31524318)
Wild-assed guess:

- it's a text post, so not a link to anything.

- the title ends in a question mark.

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