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It must be, for you to feel the need to post it 3 times a day: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=One%20of%20My%20Favourite%20Puzzles&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type

by masonic 10y ago

It must be, for you to feel the need to post it 3 times a day: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=One%20of%20My%20Favourite%20Puzzles&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=One%20of%20My%20Favourite%20Pu...

ColinWright 10y ago
Nice of you to notice - thank you. Thing is, I was inspired by this: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Every%20attempt%20to%20manage%20academia%20makes%20it%20worse&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Every%20attempt%20to%20manage%... 2017-03-18 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-18 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-19 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-20 Comments: 0, points: 2 2017-03-21 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-22 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-24 Comments: 0, points: 3 2017-04-03 Comments: 285, points: 491 That had eight submissions before it finally got noticed and gained nearly 300 comments. There are lots of other examples of that too, and looking at my logs, almost no one clicked through to read it, so I was wondering if it was just a matter of bad luck as to the time I posted it, or just that no one was interested based on the title. So I thought I'd have a go at posting at three different times, and then look at the results. I've been around HN for a while now, posted lots of things that got significant upvotes and discussions, and I still don't understand why some items sink without trace several times and then suddenly catch fire and hit the front page and stay for ages. Hence the experiment. But as I say, nice of you to notice - thank you. Edit: Just to add - it's still the case that pretty much no one has clicked through. So either no one is attracted by the title, or people have read the comments first, seen your comment, and decided not to bother. Who can say.
- brudgers 10y ago
  Maybe a better title for HN would be a "One of Collin Wright's Favorite Puzzles" type of shameless self promotion...except that that might not be the same Collin Wright as you metaphorically. That you're not that different Collin Wright is probably a matter of luck and if you were, you might not be the Collin Wright for whom such a title might succeed on HN. So at least at one level it's probably luck. For what it's worth, I think the puzzle article is more intellectually interesting than the polemic.

by masonic 10y ago

ColinWright 10y ago

Nice of you to notice - thank you. Thing is, I was inspired by this: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Every%20attempt%20to%20manage%20academia%20makes%20it%20worse&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Every%20attempt%20to%20manage%... 2017-03-18 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-18 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-19 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-20 Comments: 0, points: 2 2017-03-21 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-22 Comments: 0, points: 1 2017-03-24 Comments: 0, points: 3 2017-04-03 Comments: 285, points: 491 That had eight submissions before it finally got noticed and gained nearly 300 comments. There are lots of other examples of that too, and looking at my logs, almost no one clicked through to read it, so I was wondering if it was just a matter of bad luck as to the time I posted it, or just that no one was interested based on the title. So I thought I'd have a go at posting at three different times, and then look at the results. I've been around HN for a while now, posted lots of things that got significant upvotes and discussions, and I still don't understand why some items sink without trace several times and then suddenly catch fire and hit the front page and stay for ages. Hence the experiment. But as I say, nice of you to notice - thank you. Edit: Just to add - it's still the case that pretty much no one has clicked through. So either no one is attracted by the title, or people have read the comments first, seen your comment, and decided not to bother. Who can say.

brudgers 10y ago
Maybe a better title for HN would be a "One of Collin Wright's Favorite Puzzles" type of shameless self promotion...except that that might not be the same Collin Wright as you metaphorically. That you're not that different Collin Wright is probably a matter of luck and if you were, you might not be the Collin Wright for whom such a title might succeed on HN. So at least at one level it's probably luck. For what it's worth, I think the puzzle article is more intellectually interesting than the polemic.