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Thanks for the tips, assuming you're being serious. I tried it again half an hour ago. Chose the time carefully and added a little profanity based on a few post

by jere 14y ago

Thanks for the tips, assuming you're being serious. I tried it again half an hour ago. Chose the time carefully and added a little profanity based on a few posts analyzing HN. No votes at all within the time it was on new and 1 comment complaining about the profanity. Yay. I'll try again in the morning sometime. Something about spamming the site bothers me. Guess I need to get over it.

IgorPartola 14y ago
It's mostly not serious. Most of the "advice" I gave will decrease the quality of this site, and if it becomes widespread, it will be detected and the community will respond. You can use these tricks to try to game the system, and "spam" HN for your own gain, but I think you can also try to be above this stuff and actually post quality stuff instead. What are you trying to post, and why do you think it's not going through? P.S.: Another evil technique that may or may not work: flood the /newest page with crap articles, and then put yours at the top. I remember reading an urban legend about a couple of guys that flooded a dating site (OKCupid?) with profiles of gorgeous women, then messaged real women, while other men were messaging the fake profiles. Dilute the market and you might tip the scales in your favor. Edit: Do you mean? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 The game is kind of odd. The way you move is somewhat confusing, though I did figure it out after a second. Having a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to/can do.
- jere 14y ago
  >Edit: Do you mean? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 The game is kind of odd. The way you move is somewhat confusing, though I did figure it out after a second. Having a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to/can do. Yea, it is a bit odd. The movement is intended to disorient you. You can pick up any items you want and try to use them. You're supposed to make enough movement in the specified direction so you can escape.

by jere 14y ago

IgorPartola 14y ago

It's mostly not serious. Most of the "advice" I gave will decrease the quality of this site, and if it becomes widespread, it will be detected and the community will respond. You can use these tricks to try to game the system, and "spam" HN for your own gain, but I think you can also try to be above this stuff and actually post quality stuff instead. What are you trying to post, and why do you think it's not going through? P.S.: Another evil technique that may or may not work: flood the /newest page with crap articles, and then put yours at the top. I remember reading an urban legend about a couple of guys that flooded a dating site (OKCupid?) with profiles of gorgeous women, then messaged real women, while other men were messaging the fake profiles. Dilute the market and you might tip the scales in your favor. Edit: Do you mean? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 The game is kind of odd. The way you move is somewhat confusing, though I did figure it out after a second. Having a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to/can do.

jere 14y ago
>Edit: Do you mean? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5385857 The game is kind of odd. The way you move is somewhat confusing, though I did figure it out after a second. Having a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to/can do. Yea, it is a bit odd. The movement is intended to disorient you. You can pick up any items you want and try to use them. You're supposed to make enough movement in the specified direction so you can escape.