Ask PG: Could you make HN gravity gentler for "Review My Start-up" posts?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3287909

by badmash69 • 15 years ago

29 7 15 years ago

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I had posted a Review My Start-up type of post about 2 hours ago. It never made it; it has sunk and gone. I was looking forward for peer review of my idea.

nontrad• 15 years ago

Do you have a link? My previous post disappeared with very little trace (wasn't a "review" post but was tangentially startuo related). I think maybe mine was lost due to lack of clarity or relevance or interest. Maybe it wasn't clear or eye-catching enough? I'd like to see the link regardless anyway.

edit: Duh. Click the name, Sorry.

rush-tea• 15 years ago

Mine too. I was simply asking an opinion for a friend of mine, and it never even made it to the 'ask' section...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3287202

maybe there is some SEO algorithm that the poster needs to embedded on his post so to be able to get bumped up? lol

chc• 15 years ago

Timing is really important when you're submitting to HN. Submit at the right time, a mediocre post will shoot to the top. Submit even a pretty good post at the wrong time and two people see your submission before it plunges to the murky depths of page 3.

dianaZ• 15 years ago

I had the same problem...what is the "right" time to submit a post?

bradbeattie• 15 years ago

Might not be a bad idea to have some kind of tit-for-tat feedback thing in place. I've tried feedbackroulette, but found the quality of responses lacking.

Mutual review sound reasonable?

ohashi• 15 years ago

Or use something like http://FeedbackArmy.com

mtimur• 15 years ago

Mine "review my app" post is also never seen at the 'ask' section.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3286809

Ask PG: Could you make HN gravity gentler for "Review My Start-up" posts?

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