Anything meta has that effect. We normally tamp it down although we make occasional exceptions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46221900 https://news.ycom

Anything meta has that effect. We normally tamp it down although we make occasional exceptions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46221900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46221900 The curiosity value of something like this diminishes under repetition, of course: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so.... It's a bit like repeating the same joke. We downweight follow-up posts for that reason: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=follow-up%20downweight&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... That, I think, is what's going on here. This post was great—it was impressive and original enough to clear the bar, so we left it up: Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205632 - Dec 2025 (965 comments) These two follow-ups are pretty good follow-ups actually—they're fun variations on the theme—but I don't think they clear the bar for another major frontpage thread: Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326588 (<-- current thread) Show HN: Hacker News, but every headline is hysterical clickbait - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324579