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since the rank of a post is votes / hours since submission if you wanted to game the system you would probably wait until the morning to post something. More ey
by cstejerean 19y ago
since the rank of a post is votes / hours since submission if you wanted to game the system you would probably wait until the morning to post something. More eyeballs means more potential votes, which leads to being higher on the home page, which leads to more attention, etc. That's just my guess though.
- jrockway 19y agoThings seem to stay on the front page for more than 24 hours on Hacker News, so I doubt there's any reason to try to game the system. If your article is good, people will see it.
- davidw 19y agoOnce they get to the front page. There is a relatively (depending on the time of day, and no I don't have stats) smaller window when stuff scrolls down the 'new' page.