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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: 0.421s | source
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robust-cactus ◴[13 May 23 20:46 UTC] No.35932532[source]▶
Ok so, different take - if this what people call "gaming the system" I'm all for it.

All this article says is that hackernews likes interesting, informative posts that actually tell a real story. And I for one am here for that all day. So yes, everyone take this strategy and make great content.

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1. waboremo ◴[13 May 23 21:12 UTC] No.35932783[source]▶
In other words, they had to hack their own system to get anyone to pay attention to the advice of creating informative articles with a story to tell.
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2. thewildginger ◴[14 May 23 01:12 UTC] No.35934408[source]▶
This is like that 4chan post about a guy who tries to cheat on a test and ends up studying and does well on it.