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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by kevin_morrill on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @03:18AM (#6326097)
Probably closer to 1 in 20 if you really get to #1 for that long. It also depends a lot on topic, and how many people it strikes a nerve with.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2057706 had 12 votes and only made it to the middle of HN frontpage, but got written up in TechCrunch on a slow news day.

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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by bdcravens on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @03:21AM (#6326109)
Yeah, but how many go on to major media, like Fox Business News? I suspect that had a lot to do with the success.
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