> the best time to post is early morning on a Monday In what time zone? Also, I would guess that traffic on /show might actually be higher at other times, as p

> the best time to post is early morning on a Monday In what time zone? Also, I would guess that traffic on /show might actually be higher at other times, as procrastinators look for something to do. On Monday morning they have plenty of regular news to read, whereas on a Wednesday afternoon there might be less content out there competing for their eyeballs. In my case, a post on a Thursday just before noon worked out very well, landing us on the front page and (I later learned) making us the 9th-most-upvoted Show HN. [1] 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6335784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6335784