Half of Show HN posts are a bare link. Ones with 500 characters got 2x replies

Posted by shun_dev on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:30AM
from the ownfeed.dev dept.

https://ownfeed.dev/guides/show-hn-analysis-37622-posts

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Re:Half of Show HN posts are a bare link. Ones with 500 char... by austin-cheney on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:34AM (#50393590)

Excellent research!

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Re:Half of Show HN posts are a bare link. Ones with 500 char... by shun_dev on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:40AM (#50393685)

Thanks!

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Re:Half of Show HN posts are a bare link. Ones with 500 char... by taylorfinley on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:54PM (#50396669)

And yet you posted this as a bare link? Gave me a chuckle.

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Re:Half of Show HN posts are a bare link. Ones with 500 char... by jmathai on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:37PM (#50399989)

It’s not a Show HN :)

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Re:Half of Show HN posts are a bare link. Ones with 500 char... by satirr on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:20AM (#50404766)

Good Research and Analysis. BUT The Effect Size is not huge, Even the post with that 2 Criteria that go up to ~7.4% and got 10+ Comment. Is still hard :(

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