These types of junk-news stories seem to make their rounds on the Internet for several weeks before finally evaporating into the ether. What's interesting is t

These types of junk-news stories seem to make their rounds on the Internet for several weeks before finally evaporating into the ether. What's interesting is that in the past they would seem to manage to stay off the HN front page. Now it seems like I see these stories start circulating on Outbrain or the other click bait networks and I think, well, that'll be on HN in a week or so! These stories are usually large part fake news, or reality tweaked or skewed with some angle to make it almost irresistible to read about. I personally have no use for these types of stories on HN but certainly understand they are created with a very compelling hook to want to share them.