This reminds me of how easy it was in the early days of Hacker News to get on the front page with a project: In our new media world, the only way to get onto th

This reminds me of how easy it was in the early days of Hacker News to get on the front page with a project: In our new media world, the only way to get onto the Hacker News front page, or any other site, is to either have a post highly targeted for this site (with these sort of DoS elements) or blind chance.