[calsy]

Why? Pokemon Go is the most talked about topic in tech at the moment. Considering this a tech news site, it would seem more than appropriate to show this content.

[adamors]

That's a stretch. This is like any other HN fad, like the 2048 variants, javascript frameworks etc.

[knowaveragejoe]

You must be deluding yourself. It's the most popular mobile game that's ever existed, and it's an ARG at that.

[minimaxir]

Pokemon extends way beyond HN.

[Grue3]

It's only "talked about" because a commercial company behind it wants it to be talked about. Why do you think all these articles are popping up?

[stepanhruda]

It's talked about because people wanna hear about it. If the articles had no hits, they wouldn't bother publishing them.

[Grue3]

http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

[knowaveragejoe]

These articles are pretty far from the ones describe in PG's post.

[mason240]

I guess the dozens of people talking about in my social media feeds are all corporate plants. Who knew!