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So, I had tried to submit a "Show HN" a couple of times, and it never worked. A week later, someone else submitted the link to my project and it made the front
by chris_va 12y ago
So, I had tried to submit a "Show HN" a couple of times, and it never worked.
A week later, someone else submitted the link to my project and it made the front page of HN.
Thus, I suspect there is a great deal of variance/chance involved.
- Mz 12y agoI agree there is a certain amount of chance involved. But, I have made the front page a few times and the time someone else submitted my work had the best upvotes/traffic/comments. There are some good reasons for that. Someone else thinking your stuff is cool enough to submit gives it a vote of confidence that you promoting it yourself does not. Of course, for the most part, my stuff still makes it here due to my own submissions. I have been told for years to "self promote" and been seriously, horrendously attacked and crapped on for trying to do exactly that. I appear to be getting less bad at it but..yeah, it generally is better if someone else is promoting your stuff. There are sound social psychology reasons for that being a stronger position.
- chris_va 12y agoMeh, the content is the same. The same content should be consistently ranked. Granted someone else posting the link is a good signal, but that reflects more the prior probability rather than the outcome.
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