Can I ask why it makes you so upset? You can flag it and move on.

I for one did not see the ones from a few days ago (they all seem to have 1-3 pts, probably never made it to the front), so I benefitted from the repost.

I agree, with details: On occasion I end up seeing the reposts first because they're on the front page or second page rather than "the main one" with more upvotes and comments.

Plus the timing. I might see the duplicate after the first submission due to the time of day I check. I'm just one person so YMMV.

  >Can I ask why it makes you so upset?

Because I browse HN by 'Newest'[0] and every single day, if there's a somewhat 'newsworthy' story, I see it resubmitted over and over and over again. Sometimes [as in this case] I continue to see it resubmitted multiple times a day for several days.

It's annoying because it adds to the general noise-to-signal radio on the site [which is bad enough these days, with all the spam and junk that gets posted continually] and because it could so easily be avoided by just taking a few seconds to check if a story has already been submitted, before submitting it yourself to try and win some internet points.

I just can't fathom how, when one of these big tech stories, which is absolutely nailed-on targeted at the HN demographic comes around, someone can be so fucking thick as to decide to share it, several days after it originally broke, seemingly without the notion crossing their vacant skull that someone else might have already done so [or several someones!].

But, of course, in true HN fashion; rather than condemn the people who are ruining the site by filling it with junk submissions, you all downvote the person who has the temerity to express his irritation.

Those of you who browse by the 'normal' front page, do me a favour: spend a couple of days browsing HN by 'Newest' and then come back and tell me how that went for you.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newest

First of all, thanks for browsing /newest!

I don't know if this will help with the annoyance but you might be under a misconception about how HN handles reposts. If a story hasn't had significant attention yet, then reposts are fine here. That's because missing out on a good, interesting story is much worse. (I'm not saying the current story is a good, interesting one—I haven't looked. But the rule is designed for the general case.)

I mention this because it doesn't look like any of the submissions in the search results you linked to had gotten significant attention.