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The 'new' page depresses the hell out of me. I read all of these articles about the best time to post to get maximum exposure, but you know it makes very little
by jere 13y ago
The 'new' page depresses the hell out of me. I read all of these articles about the best time to post to get maximum exposure, but you know it makes very little difference if you're going to end up with 1 vote anyway.
I looked at the 'new' page this morning while thinking about the "optimal" time (it was around 9am EST, which is supposedly one of the best times according to several articles). Almost every post had a single point. Since your post starts with one point, that means most posts have received absolutely no support whatsoever. I suppose this is inevitable. Only a small percentage of submitted content can get on the front, but nonetheless it's still frustrating to put effort into something and then... crickets.
- moron4hire 13y agoI think there is counter-intuitive explanation. I've found a very strange case of getting better results from posting at off-peak hours. My theory is that my post stays on the first page of "new" long enough for enough people to vote for it. If I post at peak hours, then my post gets pushed off the front page within an hour, meaning too few people have seen it to get it to the front page. It seems that, if the volatility of posting is greater than the volatility of reading, then it is best to post at off-peak hours. It is only good to post at peak hours if there are more readers than posters, i.e. there isn't a large corpus of users that aren't trying to game the system.
- DanBC 13y ago...but you voted up the good content, right?
- jere 13y agoI usually do when I visit the new page, yea, but it's not a place I go to that often.