> Both hacker news submissions have zero comments. Why is it that a month ago no one cared, but now everyone is grabbing his tin-foil hat? A story not becoming

> Both hacker news submissions have zero comments. Why is it that a month ago no one cared, but now everyone is grabbing his tin-foil hat? A story not becoming popular on its first (or second) submission is not necessarily indicative of its importance. Relatively few people see new links, and the success of failure of these links in "going viral" is in the hands of relatively few. So no, it's not necessarily that no one would have cared about this a month ago and it's not an indication of hypocracy on behalf of this community; there are significant random factors that play into the exposure any particular topic or submission will receive.