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How often do you share your posts in HN? How do you decide which posts to share?
by admiralrohan 1y ago
How often do you share your posts in HN? How do you decide which posts to share?
- jakevoytko 1y agoIf one gets any traction (like 10 upvotes or more), I wait a month or so. I know the site values pacing out content from the same source. If something was on the front page in the past week, I don’t post it. This eliminates probably 80-90% of my posts; “news + reaction as a staff software engineer” is my primary format. Beyond that, it’s mostly feel.
- admiralrohan 1y agoAnd what is your strategy regarding commenting? I don't spam (like commenting "good post") but my logical arguments get downvoted sometimes, don't understand the culture of HN properly.
- jakevoytko 1y agoI have a light touch. I think it comes from the foundation of having confidence in what I write. My three goals are to be entertaining, to be educational, and to stand by everything that I write. I don't have any emotional stake in being right or wrong; I'll make a correction if I'm wrong or have a typo, but I rarely have to do that. I don't really care if people disagree with me, because again, I stand by everything that I write. If I notice a trend in negative feedback I'll respond to it once and then check the thread again 2 or 3 days later to see how it shook out. "Don't argue about the definitions of words online" is my "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." If people know what you mean but ignore it in favor of picking a fight, they're arguing for sport and I don't want to get involved with it.