> Seven upvotes and zero comments don't count as having had attention

Nothing about that in the FAQ or guidelines (please link if I missed it) and it was just one day after the linked submission.

> It's just bad form to reprimand others when it's not clearly rooted in the group consensus.

I am not reprimanding anyone. Indicating a dupe allows mods to merge the posts (and no, I'm not setting up a new e-mail account just for that).

> Doubly so when it's about my own prior submission that didn't get attention.

If you did post it within the past year, that submission is not showing up in search (unless you're operating multiple accounts to facilitate your high post rate..?).

Personally I'm glad OP did a repost that did get traction attention but I don't get the assumed hostility here at all.