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The second chance pool is a pretty good example of just how mercilessly random getting on the front page is. Lots of cool and interesting stuff just slips by an
by morkalork 3y ago
The second chance pool is a pretty good example of just how mercilessly random getting on the front page is. Lots of cool and interesting stuff just slips by and gets drowned out the first time it's submitted.
- antognini 3y agoI had a blog post last year that made it to the top of HN thanks to the second chance pool. I submitted the post to HN on a Saturday and it got I think two upvotes before slipping off of "new" and I figured that was the end of that. But to my surprise I happened to check HN Sunday evening and found that it was near the top. I had no idea that something like that was possible.
- linux2647 3y agoCase in point: TFA was submitted five days ago[0] and barely got any upvotes. Now this second submission has over 100 upvotes and made the front page [0]: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Frandomshit.dev%2Fposts%2Fwhat-gets-to-the-front-page-of-hacker-news https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Frandomshit.dev%2Fpos...