Double Link Bug?

Here are two links that lead to the same problem, Ugly Expression Probability by Daniel Liu.

If you follow both these links, you'll see that there are two [not that much] different solutions posted by two different users.

My question would be how did this problem come to have two direct links? Could the staff look into this?

PS: I am aware that after switching to this new format, some old problems got new links. But the problem I'm talking about here is not old. It's new.

EDIT: Here's something absolutely crazy. Try liking the problem from link 1. Then go your 'liked' feed. What do you see?

EDIT 2: The thing is Daniel Liu's Ugly Expression Probability [link 1] and Sreejato Bhattacharya's Find the Angle have this in common: /?group=sMpckcoT8pTx.

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I'd like to dispel the confusion going on, because I know exactly what happened.

I created the problem with a little difference from the final one you see here (different range). I realized that there was a mistake on my part, so I deleted the problem, intending to write it again. However, for some reason I got off track and never remade the problem.

Then, somehow Calvin fished up the problem (perhaps before it was deleted) and put it on his set. After I deleted the problem, the instance of the problem on the set became independent of the erased instance of the problem.

You can still access the erased instance via a direct link.

Does this answer your questions?

Daniel Liu - 7 years, 1 month ago

Few more things.

The question doesn't appear on searching "Ugly Expression Probability" .(Even though this note does)
The recent solvers list is 4 people short. Infact, the person who posted the other solution doesn't appear.
I still have the option of posting a solution on the first link, even though I posted a solution on the second.

Siddhartha Srivastava - 7 years, 1 month ago

I am already aware of point number 1. Weird, isn't it?

Mursalin Habib - 7 years, 1 month ago

The problem was posted directly to set and doesn't appear in search. We will work on allowing for problems/notes in shared sets to appear in search.
The answer was updated, and so we might not properly account for the "recent solvers list".
Yes, it's essentially two different discussions.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 1 month ago

Here's something absolutely crazy. Try liking the problem from link 1. Then go your 'liked' feed. What do you see?

Mursalin Habib - 7 years, 1 month ago

The problem is not available on profile of the creator.