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&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&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 - 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 (<-- 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=46221900
The curiosity value of something like this diminishes under repetition, of course: 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&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 - 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 (<-- current thread)
Show HN: Hacker News, but every headline is hysterical clickbait - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324579