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Author here. I tried submitting this as a Show HN a couple times but it didn't take, so I'm happy to see some interest! I caught this just before bed, but I'm

Author here. I tried submitting this as a Show HN a couple times but it didn't take, so I'm happy to see some interest! I caught this just before bed, but I'm happy to take any suggestions or questions, and I'll answer in the morning. If you'd like to improve the metadata, I welcome PRs here: https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data

jppope 2y ago
thank you! Pull request submitted :)
throw0101c 2y ago
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/ regularly shows up, most recently: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43471177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43471177 Did that get filtered out become of the domain?
- mtlynch 2y ago
  Yeah, for blogs that don't have a unique domain, I have to fix them by hand. I've just fixed Chris Siebenmann's. Thanks!
  - basch 2y ago
    Is it worth treating anything with a ~ as a home folder and thus a unique blog?
    - mtlynch 2y ago
      That's a good idea. I've just implemented that. It doesn't change much, but it means less special-casing for universities.
ativzzz 2y ago
Hahah I was just reading your blog earlier this morning and saw > I can think of two remaining cards to play. > The first is to get on the front page of Hacker News. That’s usually difficult to do, but I’m supposed to be the expert. Well done
- mtlynch 2y ago
  I thought I'd have an easier time! I had two posts[0, 1] I was super confident would be a match for HN and two others[2, 3] that I thought had a so-so chance. They've all flopped except I got lucky that someone else submitted this one after I gave up. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43435961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43435961 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43345866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43345866 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43301897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43301897 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412220
mischa_u 2y ago
How did you establish a score of 20 points as cut-off point? Did you try other values before?
- mtlynch 2y ago
  It's somewhat arbitrary, but the threshold where you're not allowed to resubmit a story on HN is if it reaches over 20 points. I'm not sure if that's still the case, but it was a few years ago when I asked why I couldn't resubmit. Also, just from my subjective sense, it's a reasonable cutoff for when articles are officially on the front page for any meaningful amount of time rather than they briefly appear and then fall off.

jppope 2y ago

thank you! Pull request submitted :)

throw0101c 2y ago

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/ regularly shows up, most recently: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43471177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43471177 Did that get filtered out become of the domain?

mtlynch 2y ago
Yeah, for blogs that don't have a unique domain, I have to fix them by hand. I've just fixed Chris Siebenmann's. Thanks!
- basch 2y ago
  Is it worth treating anything with a ~ as a home folder and thus a unique blog?
  - mtlynch 2y ago
    That's a good idea. I've just implemented that. It doesn't change much, but it means less special-casing for universities.

ativzzz 2y ago

Hahah I was just reading your blog earlier this morning and saw > I can think of two remaining cards to play. > The first is to get on the front page of Hacker News. That’s usually difficult to do, but I’m supposed to be the expert. Well done

mtlynch 2y ago
I thought I'd have an easier time! I had two posts[0, 1] I was super confident would be a match for HN and two others[2, 3] that I thought had a so-so chance. They've all flopped except I got lucky that someone else submitted this one after I gave up. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43435961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43435961 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43345866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43345866 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43301897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43301897 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412220

mischa_u 2y ago

How did you establish a score of 20 points as cut-off point? Did you try other values before?

mtlynch 2y ago
It's somewhat arbitrary, but the threshold where you're not allowed to resubmit a story on HN is if it reaches over 20 points. I'm not sure if that's still the case, but it was a few years ago when I asked why I couldn't resubmit. Also, just from my subjective sense, it's a reasonable cutoff for when articles are officially on the front page for any meaningful amount of time rather than they briefly appear and then fall off.