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How we hack Hacker News and consistently hit the front page

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414 points muchtest | 2 comments | 13 May 23 16:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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detaro ◴[13 May 23 16:25 UTC] No.35929903[source]▶
looking at the submission history for their domain... well, not that consistent and one of their accounts seems to be automatically killed by the spam filter. :D But I guess this confirms the blogspammy feeling I got from them sometimes.
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1. koboll ◴[13 May 23 20:47 UTC] No.35932536[source]▶
If you read it, a big part of the secret sauce is "actually be thoughtful and informative". Like they drop everything to investigate something and surface useful information and insights as part of the process. Seems like the opposite of spam honestly.
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2. hackernewds ◴[13 May 23 20:50 UTC] No.35932565[source]▶
nice try Indiehacker ;)

next article: how we astroturf Hacker news. not too far-fetched given they're open to manipulating public sentiment on this platform