The point of my first comment on this page is to think about noise in the size of the market for a given post. You probably just hit a "small market" blip. To

The point of my first comment on this page is to think about noise in the size of the market for a given post. You probably just hit a "small market" blip. To get a sense of your fit w/ HN community, average over many submissions. Looking at your profile seems you're doing fine... Regarding "dupes are okay" -- I don't think they're necessarily okay for HN, I was thinking more hypothetically -- just noticing that they're not bad for everyone all the time. I wouldn't have seen this article if someone hadn't resubmitted it. Their resubmission helps counteract the "small market" fluctuation you ran into. I agree though that dupes might attract karma-maximizers, and this might not be desirable. I leave it to the moderators/owners of this site to worry about. If I stop liking the site, I stop using it.