How to get to the frontpage of HN?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9412192

by dribel • 11 years ago

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Hi, I read several articles on how I get to the front page of HN to present a product or whatever. It seems to be a mix of upvotes and the time it takes to get these upvotes. That's what I found out. What I didn't is which articles do really make it to the front page?! I dont seem to find any pattern after which this works.

I know I have a low karma. Is this of high importance when trying to get to the frontpage?

damian20002• 11 years ago

Time of the day and day of the week can affect it.

https://blog.rjmetrics.com/2012/10/24/how-to-get-on-the-fron...

N.B. the graphs in the above page are not showing for me

commaander• 11 years ago

Do you think that karma plays a role?

damian20002• 11 years ago

No, I'm pretty sure karma doesn't matter. If the content is really good, original & never posted before then it usually gets some sort of bump upwards. Whether it can make it to the front though isn't certain.

beenpoor• 11 years ago

I can't load the graphs either. (just pointing it out as I am sure you don't want to leave users)

greenyoda• 11 years ago

"What I didn't is which articles do really make it to the front page?"

The articles that get to the front page are the ones that lots of people find interesting enough to upvote. If your product is really new and different, it might get that kind of response.

"I know I have a low karma. Is this of high importance when trying to get to the frontpage?"

As far as I know, karma doesn't factor into the algorithm that decides if an article gets to the front page. There are occasionally articles from newly created accounts on the front page. However, if you're a well-known user with a reputation for posting good stuff, people might be more likely to click on your article.

If you're a new user, you might want to look at the Guidelines and FAQ links at the bottom of the page.

fragmede• 11 years ago

First off, post around 10 or 11am San Francisco time during a week day. Next if you're at a YC company, the accepted method is to spam everyone else in your batch, and tell them to find the link on the /newest page, and upvote. (Upvotes to direct links get ignored.)

dang• 11 years ago

The opposite is true. That is a likely way to get your posts penalized.

DanBC2• 11 years ago

For an example of this not working: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9402506

DanBC2• 11 years ago

I have high karma. Very few articles I submit make it to the front page.

dribel2• 11 years ago

But it sounds, that some of them did...So congrats on that..That's really good :D

How to get to the frontpage of HN?

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