I do think that the day/time an article was posted and also who posted are fairly large contributors to being on the front page. I've written a few articles th

I do think that the day/time an article was posted and also who posted are fairly large contributors to being on the front page. I've written a few articles that have made the front page this year. In at least two instances, I posted the article myself with no upvotes. Then another HN user reposted my articles a few days later (my blog is republished by a couple tech sites), and the same exact content makes the front page. Same article content, same title, just posted by someone else and linking to the mirrored site. Good post Robert. If you're looking for help growing the RJM team, look me up.