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There are several factors that lead to the posting ending up on the first page. One factor is time of day--if it is there early in the morning east coast time,
by wglb 10y ago
There are several factors that lead to the posting ending up on the first page. One factor is time of day--if it is there early in the morning east coast time, it is more likely to get attention.
And early votes (like within the first hour) will more likely propel it to the first page.
- sohkamyung 10y agoUnfortunately, that tends to work against posters like me from East Asia with about a half-day time difference. So far, I haven't given in to the temptation to switch to posting on HN after midnight...};-)
- Godel_unicode 10y agoSounds like you should make a side project which will post to HN on your behalf at an arbitrary time. I think the first trial post should be about the project itself.
- Tomte 10y agoThat is a problem, but it has been a bit better since HN auto-reposts some submissions (either automatically or moderator-triggered). I've had submissions several times now that had been totally ignored and dropped off /newest, only to see them on the front page hours later.