Likely because of this comment[1] in the other thread which made people submit this link, and when multiple independent people submit the same link in a short p

Likely because of this comment[1] in the other thread which made people submit this link, and when multiple independent people submit the same link in a short period of time you're very likely to end up on the front page (this exact situation happened to me once) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42568121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42568121