It&#x27;s the same underlying story; note how the thread is much the same as the earlier one. In such cases we treat follow-up posts as dupes unless they&#x27;re particularly substantive or contain significant new information. I don&#x27;t think this post quite clears that bar. That is not an opinion about either the TSA or the lawsuit.<p>We started moderating HN this way after the Snowden deluge of 2013 in which the front page was dominated by follow-up posts for a long time. Many users complained about this, and they were right, yet the underlying stories were obviously on-topic. We came up with the current policy as a way to balance the concerns.