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		yesplorer on June 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: obamaischeckingyouremail.tumblr.com Probably the 'no duplicate link' exception doesn't apply to sites like tumblr where different subdomains likely belong to different and unrelated people. ie: hello.facebook.com and sayhi.facebook.com belongs to the same entity but you can't say the same for hello.tumblr.com and sayhi.tumblr.com I'm jx making a guess though

lukashed on June 10, 2013 | [–]

Actually I tried to post this URL earlier today and was redirected to the "original" (whatsoever) submission. That's what made me curious.

dlhavema on June 10, 2013 | [–]

but if the links are <em>exactly</em> the same, shouldn't that still match it as a duplicate?

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