Ask HN: How often does Hacker News Discussion (Chrome Extension) update?

1 point

12 years ago

Extension URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-discussion/iggcipafbcjfofibfhhelnipahhepmkd

Example:

This was posted circa 2 years ago

  - discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3602407 
  - url: http://joelgrus.com/2012/02/16/hacking-hacker-news/

The same discussion was posted earlier today

  - discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7284427
  - url: http://joelgrus.com/2012/02/16/hacking-hacker-news/

Yet, when using the extension, and navigating to the url (http://joelgrus.com/2012/02/16/hacking-hacker-news/) the older discussion is the one that is linked to. Is this due to a slow update, or a preference to see the older discussion?

It's worth noting that the search API utilizes by the extension updates fairly frequently (less than 15 minutes).