TFA doesn't contain much advice for article authors. It reads more like a guide to farming karma. In which case, here is a better trick: When a decent article i

TFA doesn't contain much advice for article authors. It reads more like a guide to farming karma. In which case, here is a better trick: When a decent article is posted, go and post another article from the same author/website, another article about the same topic or a competitor (release announcements trigger this pattern reliably). You can probably automate this.