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How did you guys manage to push this low quality article onto the front page of HN?

by pembrook 7y ago

gk1 7y ago
That's what I'm wondering... And how it's still up here.
lootsauce 7y ago
What makes this a low quality article?
- postwoman 7y ago
  submit with new user, defend with old?
- TurkishPoptart 7y ago
  For starters, it's extremely hard on the eyes, what with bright icons on a white background with low-contrast lines of text strewn between.
  - verbly 7y ago
    The blog layout is not the best i agree – some typography changes would be good, and the images may not be the best since sliced bread. The 10 steps though are proving effective for 2 companies I'm working with.
    - xwowsersx 7y ago
      Not sure if I'm speaking just for myself, but it just comes across as kind of sleazy, but I guess that's the nature of this game. I'm not even sure what it is about it. I think it might be that it's accomplishing something that feels like it ought to be based purely on knowledge/expertise/competency and achieving based on a very robot/formulaic approach. I dunno. Feels like in the same vein as all that growth hackery stuff.
      - xwowsersx 7y ago
        You do need to change the font color though lol. It is seriously hard to read..ultra thin sans font with a shade of grey that is like baaarely legible. It hurts to read.
- petewailes 7y ago
  It's low on information, badly presented, lacks any depth on anything it covers, and is flat wrong about what it's supposed to be (strategy). There's hundreds of better pieces about strategy, content strategy, marketing, digital comms, and content marketing than this. Other than that, it's great.
gopher2 7y ago
I thought the article was "alright" My impression is sometimes people see a certain topic and want to talk about it and upvote. Regardless of it being high quality article or novel. Not saying that's right but it happens. And sometimes low-quality content gets a better signal, because people want to pick it apart in the comments. Which looks engaging to the ranking rules.
tozeur 7y ago
I’m also confused... Would not put it past a marketing company to pump a post w upvotes

How did you guys manage to push this low quality article onto the front page of HN?

gk1 7y ago

That's what I'm wondering... And how it's still up here.

lootsauce 7y ago

What makes this a low quality article?

postwoman 7y ago
submit with new user, defend with old?
TurkishPoptart 7y ago
For starters, it's extremely hard on the eyes, what with bright icons on a white background with low-contrast lines of text strewn between.
- verbly 7y ago
  The blog layout is not the best i agree – some typography changes would be good, and the images may not be the best since sliced bread. The 10 steps though are proving effective for 2 companies I'm working with.
  - xwowsersx 7y ago
    Not sure if I'm speaking just for myself, but it just comes across as kind of sleazy, but I guess that's the nature of this game. I'm not even sure what it is about it. I think it might be that it's accomplishing something that feels like it ought to be based purely on knowledge/expertise/competency and achieving based on a very robot/formulaic approach. I dunno. Feels like in the same vein as all that growth hackery stuff.
    - xwowsersx 7y ago
      You do need to change the font color though lol. It is seriously hard to read..ultra thin sans font with a shade of grey that is like baaarely legible. It hurts to read.
petewailes 7y ago
It's low on information, badly presented, lacks any depth on anything it covers, and is flat wrong about what it's supposed to be (strategy). There's hundreds of better pieces about strategy, content strategy, marketing, digital comms, and content marketing than this. Other than that, it's great.

gopher2 7y ago

I thought the article was "alright" My impression is sometimes people see a certain topic and want to talk about it and upvote. Regardless of it being high quality article or novel. Not saying that's right but it happens. And sometimes low-quality content gets a better signal, because people want to pick it apart in the comments. Which looks engaging to the ranking rules.

tozeur 7y ago

I’m also confused... Would not put it past a marketing company to pump a post w upvotes