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It would be much more interesting to see the numbers as a percentage of total "How" and "Why" submissions that made it to the front page. I was sad that yester

It would be much more interesting to see the numbers as a percentage of total "How" and "Why" submissions that made it to the front page. I was sad that yesterday I did a "Show HN" with a fun website I made for DJing youtube videos and it got a single upvote [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3890935 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3890935] - sometimes front page is just not in the cards I guess.

ZanderEarth32 15y ago
Yea, I realize I could have done something more interesting with the data but I was really trying to keep it simple and focus on getting the code to work. That was my main goal, to learn how to pull something small like this off. Thanks for checking it out though. As for your Show HN not making the front page, I am not sure what motivates HN to click through on a submission and then up vote it. Possibly, the time of submission has a lot to do with it. There is a definite advantage to have by timing things right, http://blog.kissmetrics.com/science-of-social-timing-1/ http://blog.kissmetrics.com/science-of-social-timing-1/
mrspeaker 15y ago
Maybe 'cause it's not as good as this one I made in 2009 ;) http://turntubelist.com/ http://turntubelist.com/ Nah, but seriously - timing is everything with HN submissions - and if you don't get a few votes in the first 10 minutes of submission, then it's down the tubes. I find that posting early in the morning NY time (I'm not from the US, so it's actually late afternoon for me) is the best. I don't know if there's any data to back that up though!
- gravitronic 15y ago
  HAH, nice website :) Yeah I figured for a music thing, mid-afternoon eastern would be the best bet. But the other posters are correct, you only last about 10 minutes on the "new" page at peak times.
EzGraphs 15y ago
It is pretty clear that when there is more activity (specifically on the "new page"), a site is more likely to be upvoted. It's one of the reasons I built http://hn4d.com/ http://hn4d.com/ (but this currently is only tracking the main page). The challenge is - others know this, so the number of submissions at prime time tends to increase and your post can get knocked down the list pretty quickly.

ZanderEarth32 15y ago

Yea, I realize I could have done something more interesting with the data but I was really trying to keep it simple and focus on getting the code to work. That was my main goal, to learn how to pull something small like this off. Thanks for checking it out though. As for your Show HN not making the front page, I am not sure what motivates HN to click through on a submission and then up vote it. Possibly, the time of submission has a lot to do with it. There is a definite advantage to have by timing things right, http://blog.kissmetrics.com/science-of-social-timing-1/ http://blog.kissmetrics.com/science-of-social-timing-1/

mrspeaker 15y ago

Maybe 'cause it's not as good as this one I made in 2009 ;) http://turntubelist.com/ http://turntubelist.com/ Nah, but seriously - timing is everything with HN submissions - and if you don't get a few votes in the first 10 minutes of submission, then it's down the tubes. I find that posting early in the morning NY time (I'm not from the US, so it's actually late afternoon for me) is the best. I don't know if there's any data to back that up though!

gravitronic 15y ago
HAH, nice website :) Yeah I figured for a music thing, mid-afternoon eastern would be the best bet. But the other posters are correct, you only last about 10 minutes on the "new" page at peak times.

EzGraphs 15y ago

It is pretty clear that when there is more activity (specifically on the "new page"), a site is more likely to be upvoted. It's one of the reasons I built http://hn4d.com/ http://hn4d.com/ (but this currently is only tracking the main page). The challenge is - others know this, so the number of submissions at prime time tends to increase and your post can get knocked down the list pretty quickly.