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This is an interesting question. I submitted this link yesterday, and it did not make it to the HN homepage. Still, I was almost certain that it could start an

by bpierre 14y ago

This is an interesting question. I submitted this link yesterday, and it did not make it to the HN homepage. Still, I was almost certain that it could start an interesting HN discussion to read. Today I chose to repost it with a clear ?repost rather than a less visible trick, and it was still upvoted (better timing I suppose): the fact that it is a repost did not seem to bother the upvoters. I have no solution to propose, but the timing seems to be the most important factor for HN submissions, as we already know [1][2][3], and I think these small hacks are acceptable to work around the problem: reposts are not a big source of pollution, and users can report abusive behaviors with the flag button. [1] http://hnpickup.appspot.com/ http://hnpickup.appspot.com/ [2] http://hnbuffer.com/ http://hnbuffer.com/ [3] http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+to+make+the+Hacker+News+homepage http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+to+make+the+Hacker+News+homep...

btilly 13y ago
Given comments from pg like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5693221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5693221, it is clear that if tricks like this become common, using them will be ban-worthy.
wmf 14y ago
Perhaps /newest should show 30 random items submitted in the last 24 hours.
chewxy 13y ago
Fun fact: I posted this 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709231, also around the same time (hour) as you. Mine didn't have "By Google" in it though since I was not sure about that. I'm not bothered so much by reposts though I wonder if that was a factor too, attaching brand names
eldude 13y ago
I think it ended up on the front page today because it was the Google IO presentation today that really showed off what they are accomplishing with Polymer. I'd encourage everyone to watch the demo[1] starts at 3:51:30. [1] https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/324149970 https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/324149970
- johnbaum1968 13y ago
  Direct link to the start of the demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDEMA6OhvGo&t=3h51m48s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDEMA6OhvGo&t=3h51m48s

by bpierre 14y ago

btilly 13y ago

Given comments from pg like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5693221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5693221, it is clear that if tricks like this become common, using them will be ban-worthy.

wmf 14y ago

Perhaps /newest should show 30 random items submitted in the last 24 hours.

chewxy 13y ago

Fun fact: I posted this 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709231, also around the same time (hour) as you. Mine didn't have "By Google" in it though since I was not sure about that. I'm not bothered so much by reposts though I wonder if that was a factor too, attaching brand names

eldude 13y ago

I think it ended up on the front page today because it was the Google IO presentation today that really showed off what they are accomplishing with Polymer. I'd encourage everyone to watch the demo[1] starts at 3:51:30. [1] https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/324149970 https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/324149970

johnbaum1968 13y ago
Direct link to the start of the demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDEMA6OhvGo&t=3h51m48s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDEMA6OhvGo&t=3h51m48s