Your submission record mirrors that of most of the top posters I see: the majority of posts get a few votes and die. Assuming your content is HN worthy and you

Your submission record mirrors that of most of the top posters I see: the majority of posts get a few votes and die. Assuming your content is HN worthy and you're not posting too much, then it's not about fair, but far more important is the too great volume of posts. The exception in my limited scouting was those posters with a feel for headlines, e.g. petercooper stands out with a better percentage.