How much is hacker news discussion topic focus second order steered by recommendations algorithms? I just had this one recommended and now it’s here, seems to happen a lot lately!
It goes both ways all the time, things from the Greater Internet Hive Mind get posted on HN or HN posts get regurgitated by the Greater Internet Hive Mind. Occasionally, the cud goes back and forth multiple times (as cuds do), for instance there've been cases of HN->social media->media coverage->HN posts about the media coverage. The order and the participants can also vary, of course.
I had this in my Facebook memories, it is the anniversary of when the original video started to make its rounds.
This particular machine has been on HN a few times before (and with good reason!)