Tell HN: A method for finding links to submit to Hacker News.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=684279

by amichail • 17 years ago

19 15 17 years ago

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Instead of just submitting what you find on reddit or other social news sites, why not also try this approach:

* come up with an idea that you have not seen before

* google it to find links on that idea or something related

* submit what you find to Hacker News

The advantage of this technique is that you would be able to find links that are not presently hot on other social news sites.

kirubakaran• 17 years ago

You mean besides Ask HN and Polls... :-p :-)

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=amichail

rglullis• 17 years ago

Yeah, the guy just refuses to understand. This is from 422 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=182193

stalf• 17 years ago

Personally, I don't care whether or not I see, here, things that are already hot on other networks as I only use this one.

The way you said, would require much more effort compared to posting links to the interesting news you received on your feeds.

Most of the links I see here are completely new to me.

daleharvey2• 17 years ago

I think a more productive approach is to "not" look for links to post to hacker news.

I think stories are beginning to "churn" where good stories arent sticking around very long because there are so many mediocre stories being submitted.

I post stuff that I or my friends have written, or from new stuff from communities I participate in.

while I understand submitting is a form of contribution, its only a positive contribution with high enough quality, if people sit around looking for stuff to post I cant see the quality rising.

daleharvey2• 17 years ago

a shorter version of ^ would be

there just isnt enough interesting news in the tech world to have 200 interesting links posted a day, better trying to make the news than to find it.

jgrahamc• 17 years ago

Another technique is to write something original and meaty for your own blog that's relevant to the audience here. Then submit that link. Instead of looking for the work of others, create your own.

sfphotoarts• 17 years ago

and then spell check it... :)

costan• 17 years ago

I thought people would resent that as shameless self-promotion. Is it really acceptable to post my own blog articles, if they're relevant? Or should I let other people post them (rudimentary peer-review?).

jlees2• 17 years ago

What's the reward in finding links that aren't popular elsewhere? Surely posting something that has clearly garnered interest on other sites is a faster route to karma?

Also, I'd say: subscribe to interesting RSS feeds and twitter accounts and post stuff from those. (That was mostly my strategy as a pro-blogger, though without the twitter part :P)

Confusion2• 17 years ago

If you're posting the link for the karma, please don't bother.

jlees2• 17 years ago

Oh, personally, I don't. (check my posting history and you'll see I rarely post links.)

I'm just thinking from the point of view of a value-reward system. The only quantitative reward on HN is karma, hence an optimisation strategy to post new links is surely best based around said reward.

jasonlbaptiste• 17 years ago

Read what you normally read. If you spend an okay amount of time here you know what's appropriate, probably interesting,etc. Submit it. It's really that simple. I never go link hunting for HN.

jackchristopher• 17 years ago

If had to condense what HN likes to a phrase it'd be: actionable ideas.

colins_pride• 17 years ago

One word: software

Tell HN: A method for finding links to submit to Hacker News.

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