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Nasidul Islam

Maybe someone linked your article in a new one they wrote (as reference). In any case, were you able to find out what the actual reason is?

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Ben Lovy

Turn out someone posted it to HackerNews :)

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Nasidul Islam

haha there you go --- although someone posting your content on another platform without your knowledge can be an issue

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Ben Lovy

True - but DEV posts are public domain and this was a link to the actual article here, not a copied text. I'm not too concerned, but it is something to watch for.

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Nasidul Islam

right on. good luck mate !