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This exactly. I've tried couple of times with my side project on show HN - https://tardis.dev https://tardis.dev (aimed at algotraders) and it didn't pick up, b

• marcosdumay 7y ago
  Sites that display content based on upvotes are inherently chaotic, you can get published or denied for no reason at all. They are just biased into being useful, but there are no guarantees. A set of small communities, like on Redit, have a much more predictable behavior. If you have content that interests one of them, it is very likely that it will get picked.
  • mcv 7y ago
    I think there are ways to game it, actually. You need someone else to give you that first upvote. I think/assume that those first few upvotes will make it visible to more people which will hopefully attract more upvotes. Of course the content still needs to be good enough to get those upvotes; but it makes it more likely to dodge the risk of good content going ignored because nobody sees it.
    • tardis_thad 7y ago
      I've tried that in limited scope, didn't change much, but perhaps content wasn't good fit for the audience and I accept that.