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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by fzeindl on Thursday December 18, 2025 @01:39AM (#46309559)
Obviously all of what dang said, but I want to add that I think timing is an additional factor.

If you post when silicon valley wakes up on a weekday, you might get “initial” points faster, which leads to your submission being ranked higher up for a while and being more discoverable.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by Imustaskforhelp on Thursday December 18, 2025 @03:00AM (#46310032)
Interesting stuff but we should keep these secrets otherwise people will try to game this system :)
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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by Kaibeezy on Thursday December 18, 2025 @03:43AM (#46310288)
That (\/) (;,,;) (\/) I’m helping! feeling upon discovering a mod has bumped one of your 04:00 UTC “oh, this is interesting” posts that nobody else saw.
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