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go to /new and upvote the stuff you want to see more of. Surprisingly few people seem to do so, and early voting has quite an effect.

by detaro 5y ago

krapp 5y ago
Also under lists in the bottom bar, the second chance pool[0] and invited reposts list[1]. Also, obviously, it's better to post more of the kind of content you want to see, rather than complain about the content you don't like. Also, remember that leaving a comment (even a thoughtful one) without also leaving an upvote acts as an implicit downvote and will eventually trigger the flamewar detector in a thread. It's entirely possible a lot of technical threads get sunk because they simply generate technical conversation but not enough kudos. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/invited https://news.ycombinator.com/invited
- gus_massa 5y ago
  > Also, remember that leaving a comment (even a thoughtful one) without also leaving an upvote acts as an implicit downvote and will eventually trigger the flamewar detector in a thread. This happens if the post has at least 20 or 40 comments (I don't remember the number now). Most post in https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest die with no of very few comments and upvotes, so most of the times it's not bad to add a comment to an obscure post. Sometimes a post is not good enough for upvoting, but it looks promising and the author may have some interesting insight.
FridayoLeary 5y ago
The first half-hour is crucial. The continued success of your post is generally defined by reaching (and staying on) the front page.
- OJFord 5y ago
  Yeah, and not for any mysterious or secret reason either - new is sorted by time, and front by .. ok that's a bit mysterious and secret, but some function of points, comments, time, views, clicks, etc. So, roughly speaking, you have until another full page's worth of new comes in to get enough engagement to rank in the front two or three pages.
FridayoLeary 5y ago
Related, the upvoting has a snowball effect. I'm sorry to say but most people are too lazy to read a link that doesn't already have a few upvotes. Why is a post with 800+ points on the front page more worthy of your clicks then a brand new post? ( And yes, i'm slightly bitter my submissions aren't more popular)

go to /new and upvote the stuff you want to see more of. Surprisingly few people seem to do so, and early voting has quite an effect.

by detaro 5y ago

go to /new and upvote the stuff you want to see more of. Surprisingly few people seem to do so, and early voting has quite an effect.

krapp 5y ago

Also under lists in the bottom bar, the second chance pool[0] and invited reposts list[1]. Also, obviously, it's better to post more of the kind of content you want to see, rather than complain about the content you don't like. Also, remember that leaving a comment (even a thoughtful one) without also leaving an upvote acts as an implicit downvote and will eventually trigger the flamewar detector in a thread. It's entirely possible a lot of technical threads get sunk because they simply generate technical conversation but not enough kudos. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/invited https://news.ycombinator.com/invited

gus_massa 5y ago
> Also, remember that leaving a comment (even a thoughtful one) without also leaving an upvote acts as an implicit downvote and will eventually trigger the flamewar detector in a thread. This happens if the post has at least 20 or 40 comments (I don't remember the number now). Most post in https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest die with no of very few comments and upvotes, so most of the times it's not bad to add a comment to an obscure post. Sometimes a post is not good enough for upvoting, but it looks promising and the author may have some interesting insight.

FridayoLeary 5y ago

The first half-hour is crucial. The continued success of your post is generally defined by reaching (and staying on) the front page.

OJFord 5y ago
Yeah, and not for any mysterious or secret reason either - new is sorted by time, and front by .. ok that's a bit mysterious and secret, but some function of points, comments, time, views, clicks, etc. So, roughly speaking, you have until another full page's worth of new comes in to get enough engagement to rank in the front two or three pages.

FridayoLeary 5y ago

Related, the upvoting has a snowball effect. I'm sorry to say but most people are too lazy to read a link that doesn't already have a few upvotes. Why is a post with 800+ points on the front page more worthy of your clicks then a brand new post? ( And yes, i'm slightly bitter my submissions aren't more popular)