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Re:The first day of HN frontpage by sillysaurusx on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:29AM (#30230517)
I think it wasn’t entirely organic. But I’ve gone back and forth on that over the years.

I remember I arrived there from reading pg’s essays, which linked to it. So it’s possible pg’s essays really were that popular back then.

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Re:The first day of HN frontpage by aspenmayer on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:34AM (#30231589)
I remember seeing his essays on Digg before it cratered and I moved to Reddit.
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