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A comment on Ask HN: Somebody beat us to Hacker News. What can we do?.

Re:Ask HN: Somebody beat us to Hacker News. What can we do? by minimaxir on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @12:22PM (#7773418)
Why does it matter?

As you mention, it's all about luck regardless. In fact, the previous submission was submitted at an optimal time anyways: http://i.imgur.com/BNCjNwK.png

(picture from http://minimaxir.com/2014/02/hacking-hacker-news/ )

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Re:Ask HN: Somebody beat us to Hacker News. What can we do? by krantiveer on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @12:32PM (#7773470)
Max, I agree about the luck factor. But new app launches (Show HN) generally get better attention on HN. Dont you think ??
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Re:Ask HN: Somebody beat us to Hacker News. What can we do? by minimaxir on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @12:59PM (#7773667)
Actually, for that article, I had made a score histogram for Show HN articles, and it was near identical to the histogram of normal articles. (i.e. Show HNs don't lead to a significant change in the expected number of points). I had removed it from the post because it was getting long. :P

What you're seeing is confirmation bias. There are many, many Show HN posts made, and very few get upvoted.

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