> The real secret to Hacker News is the ability to attract a large target audience on an ongoing basis to view and contribute Attracting audiences is easy. I c

> The real secret to Hacker News is the ability to attract a large target audience on an ongoing basis to view and contribute Attracting audiences is easy. I can create a website right now and get hundreds of people on it today. Keeping them around is what really matters. HN has excellent moderation. That's the secret sauce. Otherwise people would have bounced already.