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I find it strange that this blog author keeps submitting these listickles to HN until they hit the front page like this. To me that seems like this is less good
by IgorPartola 6y ago
I find it strange that this blog author keeps submitting these listickles to HN until they hit the front page like this. To me that seems like this is less good content and more blogspam. See for yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neilkakkar.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=neilkakkar.com
- neilkakkar 6y agoNoted, I was starting to submit way too much as a part of an experiment. That experiment failed miserably (and led to a shitlist addition). I don't submit things more than 4x now. What you see are the remnants of the experiment. At the same time, I don't think things make it to the front-page if they're bad.
- nsxwolf 6y agoIt’s the clay pot analogy in your article.
- alexpetralia 6y agoNot cool. It sets a bad precedent for the community by trying to game the (unwritten) rules. In equilibrium, HN is drowned by blogspam and people leave HN.
- neilkakkar 6y agoBroadly: I agree Alex, that was my bad. Minutely: The fact that I couldn't game it means it isn't that vulnerable.
- arram 6y agoTo be fair it does seem pretty random when stuff gets taken up and when it doesn't. AFAICT sometimes content that ends up very popular is ignored the first few submissions.
- dalacv 6y agoNever heard the term listickle before. Thanks for introducing it :)
- astura 6y agoIt's actually spelled listicle, no "k."
- totetsu 6y agoI wss enjoying the discussion without reading the article