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It is interesting to see how the title effect number of upvotes and comments. I’ve submitted this other day and it did not get any upvotes. My submission: https

It is interesting to see how the title effect number of upvotes and comments. I’ve submitted this other day and it did not get any upvotes. My submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17471476 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17471476

hikarudo 8y ago
It's not just the title. Time of submission affects which parts of the world will be seeing the submission. Also, randomness.
- kchr 8y ago
  Don't forget the timing in regards to adjacent headlines in the feed at any moment a user reads it.
koolba 8y ago
Yes it’s called “marketing” and it has a huge impact on initial perception. Consider each of these and think of which would catch your eye enough to click it, read about it, then come back and upvote it: * Meta cheatsheet * The only cheat sheet you need * Cheatsheet.sh * Cheat Sheetah * Unified CLI Cheetsheet People gaming the title is the reason for the rule that the title has to match the actual linked article. Though if you’re the creator of the content that’s not an issue as you can title it at the source however you want.
- Semiapies 8y ago
  Also that "Meta cheatsheet" sounds like a cheatsheet for something called "Meta", and not being familiar with any such technology, I wouldn't be curious about a cheatsheet.
- danso 8y ago
  Unless something has changed in the repo, the Github description -- as close to a "headline" that a Github repo can get -- is: "the only cheat sheet you need" I agree that "Meta cheatsheet" is not a very effective title. When the repo doesn't have a Github description, I usually go with: [repo name] - [first line of README.md] In this case: cheat.sh - Unified access to community-driven cheat sheets repo of the world. (I modified it to abbreviate "repositories" to "repo" and to omitted the phrase "the best", to go along with HN's rule for avoiding sensationalism.)
Kalroth 8y ago
It's not just the title, I'm guessing people are more reluctant to click an unknown URL. Your submission points at cht.sh while the current submission points at github.com.
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Timpy 8y ago
I think there are a few variables, like time of day and competing headlines. I saw some breakdowns of the concept on reddit a while back, it's seemingly pretty random.
BorisYeltsin 8y ago
Time is everything here. Your post has to be in an "active mode" all the time in order to get to the front page and once it made it there (!and if the content is interesting and relevant!), the post will keep getting the points.

hikarudo 8y ago

It's not just the title. Time of submission affects which parts of the world will be seeing the submission. Also, randomness.

kchr 8y ago
Don't forget the timing in regards to adjacent headlines in the feed at any moment a user reads it.

koolba 8y ago

Yes it’s called “marketing” and it has a huge impact on initial perception. Consider each of these and think of which would catch your eye enough to click it, read about it, then come back and upvote it: * Meta cheatsheet * The only cheat sheet you need * Cheatsheet.sh * Cheat Sheetah * Unified CLI Cheetsheet People gaming the title is the reason for the rule that the title has to match the actual linked article. Though if you’re the creator of the content that’s not an issue as you can title it at the source however you want.

Semiapies 8y ago
Also that "Meta cheatsheet" sounds like a cheatsheet for something called "Meta", and not being familiar with any such technology, I wouldn't be curious about a cheatsheet.
danso 8y ago
Unless something has changed in the repo, the Github description -- as close to a "headline" that a Github repo can get -- is: "the only cheat sheet you need" I agree that "Meta cheatsheet" is not a very effective title. When the repo doesn't have a Github description, I usually go with: [repo name] - [first line of README.md] In this case: cheat.sh - Unified access to community-driven cheat sheets repo of the world. (I modified it to abbreviate "repositories" to "repo" and to omitted the phrase "the best", to go along with HN's rule for avoiding sensationalism.)

Kalroth 8y ago

It's not just the title, I'm guessing people are more reluctant to click an unknown URL. Your submission points at cht.sh while the current submission points at github.com.

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Timpy 8y ago

I think there are a few variables, like time of day and competing headlines. I saw some breakdowns of the concept on reddit a while back, it's seemingly pretty random.

BorisYeltsin 8y ago

Time is everything here. Your post has to be in an "active mode" all the time in order to get to the front page and once it made it there (!and if the content is interesting and relevant!), the post will keep getting the points.