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A comment on “a dribbling selfish jerk” – an analysis of getting on the front page of HN.

Re:“a dribbling selfish jerk” – an analysis of getting on th... by thomasbk on Monday December 24, 2012 @07:02AM (#4962620)
I'm surprised that he got fewer than 1000 hits. I always thought that HackerNews and Slashdot (probably much larger, I guess) would send way more people, for some reason.

I guess HN traffic is quite targeted and valuable to some people though.

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Re:“a dribbling selfish jerk” – an analysis of getting on th... by daeken on Monday December 24, 2012 @08:43AM (#4962806)
I'm sort of surprised by this too. Perhaps it comes down to titles and time of day? Most of the posts I've had hit the front page get >20k hits the first day, but I also word my titles carefully (no linkbait, but make it catchy) and time the submissions when I know that the maximum number of people will see them.
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