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Ask HN: When a post of yours does well, do you know why?

Posted by john_builds on Friday July 31, 2026 @11:07AM
from the ask-hn dept.

When something I write gets an unusual amount of attention, I can always produce an explanation afterwards. Hook, timing, format, topic, the audience being in the right mood. But I can produce an explanation for the ones that got no attention too, which makes me suspect I am pattern matching on noise.For those of you who post regularly, in any venue: do you think you know what causes the...

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Make it make sense...

What do they mean by private? Is it they're not sharing with other parties (outside of Google server).

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thanks for the snippet
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great list! ty