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I don't bother submitting stuff any more because: 1) There's too much noise on the new page. 2) It matters which at what time of day you submit an article. 3
by bensummers 16y ago
I don't bother submitting stuff any more because:
1) There's too much noise on the new page.
2) It matters which at what time of day you submit an article.
3) There's too much chance about whether it'll been seen or not.
4) Someone else will post it with a slightly different URL (see above), and that's the one which will be noticed.
I am, of course, very grateful for everyone else who posts stuff. There's usually a good article or two on the front page.
I suppose the question we should ask is if it matters if decent articles are missed? There's lots of text out there on the internet.
[edit: Removed three trivial ways to defeat the dup detector.]
- bvi 16y agoI'm really hoping pg is working on something as we speak about the SNR (based on his thread a few days ago asking for feedback). Personally, I think a separate section is needed just for HN'ers to showcase/demo/launch their startups or projects - "Show HN" threads, for the most part, have even less chance of getting eyeballs especially if they're self-posts; plus, there's the whole luck/timing thing as well. Or instead of a separate section, perhaps they should be given more weight, considering...isn't that what HN is all about in the first place?
- kirchhoff 16y agoI submitted a project of mine a while back, but it never gained traction, attracting fewer than 50 visits from HN. It was later picked up by TechCrunch, so objectively it couldn't have been that uninteresting. I second the suggestion for a separate section for the "Show HN" posts, as it would give each post a better chance of being seen by those willing to provide feedback.