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This was posted 9 hours ago with the paper title as the name, and got 3 upvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16566587 https://news.ycombinator.com/ite

This was posted 9 hours ago with the paper title as the name, and got 3 upvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16566587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16566587 I thought it was interesting and relevant for this audience, so I put a more sensational (but arguably accurate - you can argue the semantics of vulnerable all day) headline in the title to grab HN reader's attention. Now it is top of the front page with 40 votes in 25 minutes. If you want to read papers like this everyday, I got it from the morning paper mailing list: https://blog.acolyer.org/ https://blog.acolyer.org/

dspillett 9y ago
So basically: click-bait / vote-bait works, even with audiences that I expect to have a larger degree of technical literacy overall than the general populace. Sometimes I worry about humanity!
- msla 9y ago
  Upvote is commonly used to mean "read it later" by this audience. It is by no means a vote on quality.
  - crispyporkbites 9y ago
    Is it? How do you see your upvoted content to read later?
    - grzm 9y ago
      In your profile there's a link to upvoted submissions.
  - minimaxir 9y ago
    This is an incorrect use of absolutes.
  - dvlsg 9y ago
    I sometimes upvote even when I disagree, if I think it will lead to quality discussion. I'm not sure this is one of those times, though.
  - dspillett 9y ago
    I can't say as I would think to use an upvote that way. I'd leave the article open in a tab, add it to browser bookmarks, or add it to a list in my preferred notes/reminders app (currently Google's Keep).
minimaxir 9y ago
Keep in mind that "9 hours ago" is after midnight/close to midnight for a large portion of the HN user base, so a small number of upvotes is not surprising.
- crispyporkbites 9y ago
  But shouldn't the number of stories posted then be lower, which means it stays on /new for longer and gets more visibility?
  - minimaxir 9y ago
    More visibility is not quite correct: although it is on /new for longer, the number of people reading /new is much fewer, too.
dang 9y ago
That's against the site guidelines. Would you please read them and follow them when posting here? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ScottBurson 9y ago
  Hi Dan — along with rebuking the poster, I wish you had also fixed the title. There are substantive issues here worth discussing.
  - dang 9y ago
    Ok, how about we put https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16566587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16566587 in the second-chance queue (described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 and links back from there). Edit: it's on the front page now.

dspillett 9y ago

So basically: click-bait / vote-bait works, even with audiences that I expect to have a larger degree of technical literacy overall than the general populace. Sometimes I worry about humanity!

msla 9y ago
Upvote is commonly used to mean "read it later" by this audience. It is by no means a vote on quality.
- crispyporkbites 9y ago
  Is it? How do you see your upvoted content to read later?
  - grzm 9y ago
    In your profile there's a link to upvoted submissions.
- minimaxir 9y ago
  This is an incorrect use of absolutes.
- dvlsg 9y ago
  I sometimes upvote even when I disagree, if I think it will lead to quality discussion. I'm not sure this is one of those times, though.
- dspillett 9y ago
  I can't say as I would think to use an upvote that way. I'd leave the article open in a tab, add it to browser bookmarks, or add it to a list in my preferred notes/reminders app (currently Google's Keep).

minimaxir 9y ago

Keep in mind that "9 hours ago" is after midnight/close to midnight for a large portion of the HN user base, so a small number of upvotes is not surprising.

crispyporkbites 9y ago
But shouldn't the number of stories posted then be lower, which means it stays on /new for longer and gets more visibility?
- minimaxir 9y ago
  More visibility is not quite correct: although it is on /new for longer, the number of people reading /new is much fewer, too.

dang 9y ago

That's against the site guidelines. Would you please read them and follow them when posting here? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ScottBurson 9y ago
Hi Dan — along with rebuking the poster, I wish you had also fixed the title. There are substantive issues here worth discussing.
- dang 9y ago
  Ok, how about we put https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16566587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16566587 in the second-chance queue (described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 and links back from there). Edit: it's on the front page now.