Based upon the rules [0] I suspect that the title is parsed and that &quot;Show HN&quot; is what moves a submission to that page. Items from |show| can show up on the front page. I believe having the information in the title gives the community the appropriate context for evaluating and commenting on the item.<p>Then again, my experience is that titles are a poor proxy for content often enough that I try to click on links before commenting on a submission or evaluating it. Often the awesomeness is inversely proportional to the quality of the title. My heuristic is, when in doubt click.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;showhn.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;showhn.html</a>