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FWIW this shows what it takes to get to the front page. There are a lot of interesting links in "new" right now but only stuff with a bit of negative tension ge
by balsam 13y ago
FWIW this shows what it takes to get to the front page. There are a lot of interesting links in "new" right now but only stuff with a bit of negative tension gets boosted to the front page (fear & conspiracies work!) Disclaimer: I provided the crucial vote that boosted this here very thread.
- minimaxir 13y agoThere's a big difference between "getting to the front page" and receiving more than 1 upvote per minute.
- balsam 13y agonot if you cast the second vote within a minute. the subsequent votes don't help as much as the second vote, which already gets it too far (where people on the first few pages in the main section can see it)
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- nknighthb 13y agoYC job ads are not voted on. They appear on the front page automatically.
- balsam 13y agoi'm not talking that YC job, I'm talking about this post replying to the YC job.