Is my front page your front page?

Question

Every so often, after reading about a novel or obscure (to me) topic elsewhere on the internet, I&rsquo;ll come across the same topic being discussed here on the front page. Does HN use my search history to influence what I see? Do we all have somewhat unique front pages? Or is this some sort of recency bias at play? It&rsquo;s always oddly jarring when it happens.For those curious, last night I read this[0] paper and today found this[1] to be in the top spot of HN.[0]: https://people.idsia.ch/~kowall/papers/GECCO-07.pdf[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38475545

night-rider · Accepted Answer

> Or is this some sort of recency bias at play?Potentially it is recency bias. Like when you learn a new word, and suddenly see it everywhere. Also potentially it could be something more troubling, like being infected with malware. I don't know your setup or how vigilant you are, so it's impossible for me to just say you're infected or are being tracked.

pestatije · Answer

this normally happens if their news...like when duplicates show up