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by Feathercrown 37 days ago
Citogenesis!

https://xkcd.com/978/

Can't believe we got to see one in the wild, and with clear attribution to boot.

4 comments

I have left comments on HN and Reddit and then found them rolled into Google's AI search summarizer OR the knowledge box with _extreme rapidity_ such that when I went, mere moments later, to go re-check some fact I had cited, I found my own comment at the top of the results, repeated back to me, but with authority and gravitas, ensconced in the austere trappings of the knowledge box.
But that didn't happen. See comments above by svat, snickerbockers, and InsideOutSanta.
in addition to a relevant xkcd, there is also a Wikipedia article about the phenomenon and a behind-the-scenes list

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting#On_Wikipedi...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_...

- previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35535407