Honest answer - submit a lot of stuff you think would be popular on HN. If you see something on a tech subreddit super interesting, and it's not here yet, cross

Honest answer - submit a lot of stuff you think would be popular on HN. If you see something on a tech subreddit super interesting, and it's not here yet, cross post it. If something new from rachelbythebay.com comes up in your RSS reader - submit that ;-). But genuinely interesting news (as in reported in the media) that is aimed at this audience is best, if you get there first. Or do what I do, submit odd stuff I think is really cool, but lose out on karma because it's cool but not popular.