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What would be considered a significant attention? E.g. I had 20 votes and a few comments, is that a lot?
by matijash 7y ago
What would be considered a significant attention? E.g. I had 20 votes and a few comments, is that a lot?
- ColinWright 7y agoI'm not one of the mods, I'm just a random user, so take what I say with a pinch of salt ... My advice is always that one extra post at least 36 hours later is probably fine, but even better is to write a blog post and submit that. And when you write the blog post, your challenge is to think of it from the reader's/user's point of view, not yours. You may be excited about the technology you use, and the clever techniques, but unless I can see immediately that this is something relevant to me, I probably won't read further. I've clicked on the link you submitted ... I think ... and I look at it and go ... so? I need to find a blog, I need to find an About, I need to spend time figuring out why this might be relevant. When there's something you want me to do, don't make me work hard to do it. Remove friction, make it easy. End random thoughts ... good luck.
- zizee 7y agoThanks for your thoughtful comment. The Show HN link I submitted was the landing page of a small SaaS app that I have developed. Good advice on putting up a blog post - I think that makes a lot of sense for a regular submission to HN, but for a Show HN it seems that product landing pages is appropriate/expected. I think if my next attempt gets no traction, I will do a blog post. Cheers.
- Tomte 7y agoMy personal threshold (for my submissions) is around ten upvotes or a few comments, or being on the front page. That is probably too conservative, and I don't follow it slavishly, but so far I haven't had the mods complain. And I submit and resubmit a lot.