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> My first thought was email. I can just email him! But that’s boring. > What about getting my article to the top of Hacker News? > The problem is, I didn’t t

> My first thought was email. I can just email him! But that’s boring. > What about getting my article to the top of Hacker News? > The problem is, I didn’t think my article would be interesting enough to a large crowd to make it to the top of HN. Ha! He not only played Reddit's CEO with a Facebook ad… He also got his blog post into the HN top-ten (today). Well done my friend, well done.

atomical 8y ago
Can't you buy upvotes? Bunch of accounts running with a script through Tor?
- ryanx435 8y ago
  Not sure why you are being downvoted. Yes, you can buy upvotes on Reddit. It's about 5 bucks for a couple hundred, often more than enough to get to the front page of mid sized subreddit.
  - mistercow 8y ago
    But egregiously violating the TOS and general spirit of reddit seems like not the best way to get a job there.
    - llao 8y ago
      "Growth hacking". Perfectly fits the VC-funded startup spirit.
      - atomical 8y ago
        Noted. I'm sure they do it on Hacker News as well.
  - atomical 8y ago
    I meant on Hacker News.
franciscop 8y ago
It is an amazing way and very growth-hackish (in the true way, not just marketing rebranded). As a long-term HN visitor, I really enjoyed the writeup and I'm not surprised at all it's in the front-page of HN.
prokes 8y ago
What's more: he concludes with "P.S. I am out again looking for new opportunities". So besides being excellent at putting his work in front of his target audience, he may go 2 for 2 on the job front.
- ronilan 8y ago
  Chris got Steve's attention but never worked at reddit[1], Nina got Brian's attention[2] but never worked at Airbnb[3] and Feross got Chad's attention[4] but never worked at YouTube[5] even though TechCrunch jumped to report he accepted the job[6]. None of them was actually ever offered one. Make what you want of it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 [2] https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 [3] https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the... [4] https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 [5] https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-down-a-job-offer-from-YouTube-just-to-complete-his-degree-Arent-degrees-just-for-gaining-more-knowledge-Accepting-the-YouTube-offer-would-be-as-educational-if-not-more https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-dow... [6] https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/
  - swyx 8y ago
    not sure what to make of it to be honest. they showed resourcefulness, which is good. but there's more to being a good employee at that. esp at a startup beyond a certain scale.
    - criddell 8y ago
      Would Reddit still be considered a startup?
      - InitialLastName 8y ago
        I'm with you. This is the same Reddit that's owned by the ~44th largest private company in the world?

atomical 8y ago

Can't you buy upvotes? Bunch of accounts running with a script through Tor?

ryanx435 8y ago
Not sure why you are being downvoted. Yes, you can buy upvotes on Reddit. It's about 5 bucks for a couple hundred, often more than enough to get to the front page of mid sized subreddit.
- mistercow 8y ago
  But egregiously violating the TOS and general spirit of reddit seems like not the best way to get a job there.
  - llao 8y ago
    "Growth hacking". Perfectly fits the VC-funded startup spirit.
    - atomical 8y ago
      Noted. I'm sure they do it on Hacker News as well.
- atomical 8y ago
  I meant on Hacker News.

franciscop 8y ago

It is an amazing way and very growth-hackish (in the true way, not just marketing rebranded). As a long-term HN visitor, I really enjoyed the writeup and I'm not surprised at all it's in the front-page of HN.

prokes 8y ago

What's more: he concludes with "P.S. I am out again looking for new opportunities". So besides being excellent at putting his work in front of his target audience, he may go 2 for 2 on the job front.

ronilan 8y ago
Chris got Steve's attention but never worked at reddit[1], Nina got Brian's attention[2] but never worked at Airbnb[3] and Feross got Chad's attention[4] but never worked at YouTube[5] even though TechCrunch jumped to report he accepted the job[6]. None of them was actually ever offered one. Make what you want of it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 [2] https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 [3] https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the... [4] https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 [5] https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-down-a-job-offer-from-YouTube-just-to-complete-his-degree-Arent-degrees-just-for-gaining-more-knowledge-Accepting-the-YouTube-offer-would-be-as-educational-if-not-more https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-dow... [6] https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/
- swyx 8y ago
  not sure what to make of it to be honest. they showed resourcefulness, which is good. but there's more to being a good employee at that. esp at a startup beyond a certain scale.
  - criddell 8y ago
    Would Reddit still be considered a startup?
    - InitialLastName 8y ago
      I'm with you. This is the same Reddit that's owned by the ~44th largest private company in the world?