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Well, this is the same guy who wrote "The Secret To Getting on the HN Front Page".

by hugh3 16y ago

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
I remember reading that and wondering how many people follow it. Today, after watching yet another of my more technical submissions sink without trace, I start to wonder whether I should game the system in the ways he suggests. After all, it would demonstrate and make use of the knowledge I've gained from being here here a while, and perhaps it would give my submissions a fighting chance among yet another submission telling us China has a new supercomputer.
- dman 16y ago
  I think we desperately need something like subreddits so that people can self organize into groups where they create and consume information to their liking.
  - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
    I'm working on something. PG hasn't yet responded to a question, so I'm reluctant to do too much work or say too much about it before then.
    - dman 16y ago
      Awesome! If youre working in python by any chance I could write some code for it too.
      - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
        I'll return to these comments and come back to you if anything comes of it. ADDED IN EDIT: I've now associatively filed your email address as well.
    - steveklabnik 16y ago
      I've had a few random thoughts in and around this area, so if you ever want to talk about this, get in touch... I even had a fully working prototype that I ended up losing somewhere...
      - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
        Your email address has also been associatively filed. Thanks.
- JoachimSchipper 16y ago
  There's a reason your contest (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394751 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394751) did so well (I'd like to see some more analysis, too, nudge nudge...) I'm not entirely certain what to think of this, either.
  - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
    The "contest" is on my to-do list, from which things are slowly getting excised. The "Spikey Spheres" article was one, the 1800 dimensional optimisation is the next.
ryanwaggoner 16y ago
Not a fan, huh? :) I can appreciate that, but I'm curious to know what kinds of things you'd prefer to see. It doesn't look like you've submitted much to HN, so it's hard to get a sense of what kinds of content you'd like to see here. I haven't been writing for that long, and I'm sure I suck in many ways, so rather than just complain, tell me what I can do to improve.
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  - ryanwaggoner 16y ago
    I felt like I explained that: that was a phenomenon that I noticed, and I'm not even 100% sure that was happening, as I have no way of verifying. I also don't invite my twitter followers to upvote anything; I simply tweet a link to all my blog posts when I post them. I don't tweet links to my posts on HN.
    - jacquesm 16y ago
      > I don't tweet links to my posts on HN. I used to until your post :) Now I wait a couple of hours just to make sure that that's not going to make the difference. I highly doubt people would submit those links anyway, but on the off chance that they would, I'd hate getting people banned or their votes discarded because they appeared like a voting ring.

Well, this is the same guy who wrote "The Secret To Getting on the HN Front Page".

by hugh3 16y ago

Well, this is the same guy who wrote "The Secret To Getting on the HN Front Page".

I remember reading that and wondering how many people follow it. Today, after watching yet another of my more technical submissions sink without trace, I start to wonder whether I should game the system in the ways he suggests. After all, it would demonstrate and make use of the knowledge I've gained from being here here a while, and perhaps it would give my submissions a fighting chance among yet another submission telling us China has a new supercomputer.

dman 16y ago
I think we desperately need something like subreddits so that people can self organize into groups where they create and consume information to their liking.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  I'm working on something. PG hasn't yet responded to a question, so I'm reluctant to do too much work or say too much about it before then.
  - dman 16y ago
    Awesome! If youre working in python by any chance I could write some code for it too.
    - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
      I'll return to these comments and come back to you if anything comes of it. ADDED IN EDIT: I've now associatively filed your email address as well.
  - steveklabnik 16y ago
    I've had a few random thoughts in and around this area, so if you ever want to talk about this, get in touch... I even had a fully working prototype that I ended up losing somewhere...
    - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
      Your email address has also been associatively filed. Thanks.
JoachimSchipper 16y ago
There's a reason your contest (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394751 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394751) did so well (I'd like to see some more analysis, too, nudge nudge...) I'm not entirely certain what to think of this, either.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  The "contest" is on my to-do list, from which things are slowly getting excised. The "Spikey Spheres" article was one, the 1800 dimensional optimisation is the next.

ryanwaggoner 16y ago

Not a fan, huh? :) I can appreciate that, but I'm curious to know what kinds of things you'd prefer to see. It doesn't look like you've submitted much to HN, so it's hard to get a sense of what kinds of content you'd like to see here. I haven't been writing for that long, and I'm sure I suck in many ways, so rather than just complain, tell me what I can do to improve.

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- ryanwaggoner 16y ago
  I felt like I explained that: that was a phenomenon that I noticed, and I'm not even 100% sure that was happening, as I have no way of verifying. I also don't invite my twitter followers to upvote anything; I simply tweet a link to all my blog posts when I post them. I don't tweet links to my posts on HN.
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    > I don't tweet links to my posts on HN. I used to until your post :) Now I wait a couple of hours just to make sure that that's not going to make the difference. I highly doubt people would submit those links anyway, but on the off chance that they would, I'd hate getting people banned or their votes discarded because they appeared like a voting ring.