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I disagree for three reasons. Firstly different people read HN on different schedules, the weekend audience is different from the monday morning audience, it m
by ig1 13y ago
I disagree for three reasons.
Firstly different people read HN on different schedules, the weekend audience is different from the monday morning audience, it makes sense for it to rotate to maximize the different number of people aware of it. People also tend to look for new jobs mid-week so it's good for it to fall on tue/wed/thu as well.
Secondly there are likely to be people who'd rather not read/post on the hiring thread while they're at work, and the weekend posting gives them the freedom to interact with the thread.
And finally highly rated postings on the weekend tend to stay on the front page for longer than on weekdays when there's more competition. Hence they may actually get read by more people overall.
- tptacek 13y agoThe first two don't matter to me (whatever schedule, preferably predictable, generates the most impressions; that's the one that should win), but the latter is interesting, and I guess should be easy to verify.
- ig1 13y agoSurely conversions are more important than impressions ? Especially for companies which are recruiting every month, there's much more value in getting to a wider audience than getting repeated exposure to the same audience.