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The Best Time to Post on HackerNews

22 points by elisaado 3y ago

java-man 3y ago
Very impressive: code, charts, diagrams. One question: which time zone the data is plotted against?
- arp242 3y ago
  UTC
- alishobeiri 3y ago
  Hey java-man, Thanks so much for checking it out, I am the author of the original notebook. I forgot to mention it initially but the timezone is UTC as was already mentioned. If you have any feedback, would love to hear it as well!
  - java-man 3y ago
    Nowhere on the page does it say UTC. When publishing, one must always remember to do three things: 1. explain abbreviations 2. provide units of measurement 3. make a spelling error in the title so the reviewers can easily contribute
    - alishobeiri 3y ago
      Oh sorry, I meant as already mentioned by the other commentor. You are right that I forgot to add that to the initial notebook :) Hahahah I like #3 especially
arp242 3y ago
Previous: The Best Time to Post on Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251799 - Feb 2024 (4 comments)
- seltzered_ 3y ago
  Related: Best time of day to submit to HackerNews - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1175223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1175223 (Mar 2010) When is a good time to submit a story to Hacker News? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4058492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4058492 (June 2012)
- alishobeiri 3y ago
  What I find somewhat funny about this is, I did a whole analysis to find the best time to post on HackerNews, and posted at the best possible time. But this post, that was posted on what is supposed to be a worse time actually ended up doing better :) Thanks a lot for checking it out in any case!
  - Ajay-p 3y ago
    Tangentially related.. When I was at uni I got very bored one summer and started making a spreadsheet of when certain people posted to a message board I frequented. This started with 3 people then became 15. It was very interesting to then plot that because I could make educated guesses about their sleeping habits, when they were at work etc. especially given what they wrote. I could then make inferences as to their geographical location and other identifying attributes just based on when they were active on this message board. Regrettably I am a data nerd and would love to see such an analysis done on Hckrnews, etc. but I doubt it would be of interest to most others.
vivzkestrel 3y ago
could you please do a couple more of these for reddit, facebook, twitter, youtube etc?
- alishobeiri 3y ago
  Hey vivzkestrel, I am actually the creator of the original notebook. Happy to do more, do you know of any good datasets for these that would be a good starting points?
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22 points by elisaado 3y ago

java-man 3y ago

Very impressive: code, charts, diagrams. One question: which time zone the data is plotted against?

arp242 3y ago
UTC
alishobeiri 3y ago
Hey java-man, Thanks so much for checking it out, I am the author of the original notebook. I forgot to mention it initially but the timezone is UTC as was already mentioned. If you have any feedback, would love to hear it as well!
- java-man 3y ago
  Nowhere on the page does it say UTC. When publishing, one must always remember to do three things: 1. explain abbreviations 2. provide units of measurement 3. make a spelling error in the title so the reviewers can easily contribute
  - alishobeiri 3y ago
    Oh sorry, I meant as already mentioned by the other commentor. You are right that I forgot to add that to the initial notebook :) Hahahah I like #3 especially

arp242 3y ago

Previous: The Best Time to Post on Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251799 - Feb 2024 (4 comments)

seltzered_ 3y ago
Related: Best time of day to submit to HackerNews - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1175223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1175223 (Mar 2010) When is a good time to submit a story to Hacker News? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4058492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4058492 (June 2012)
alishobeiri 3y ago
What I find somewhat funny about this is, I did a whole analysis to find the best time to post on HackerNews, and posted at the best possible time. But this post, that was posted on what is supposed to be a worse time actually ended up doing better :) Thanks a lot for checking it out in any case!
- Ajay-p 3y ago
  Tangentially related.. When I was at uni I got very bored one summer and started making a spreadsheet of when certain people posted to a message board I frequented. This started with 3 people then became 15. It was very interesting to then plot that because I could make educated guesses about their sleeping habits, when they were at work etc. especially given what they wrote. I could then make inferences as to their geographical location and other identifying attributes just based on when they were active on this message board. Regrettably I am a data nerd and would love to see such an analysis done on Hckrnews, etc. but I doubt it would be of interest to most others.

vivzkestrel 3y ago

could you please do a couple more of these for reddit, facebook, twitter, youtube etc?

alishobeiri 3y ago
Hey vivzkestrel, I am actually the creator of the original notebook. Happy to do more, do you know of any good datasets for these that would be a good starting points?

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