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How we hack Hacker News and consistently hit the front page

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414 points muchtest | 1 comments | 13 May 23 16:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.253s | source
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irrational ◴[13 May 23 21:11 UTC] No.35932770[source]▶
While reading, I kept asking myself why someone would care about getting to the front page of HN (saving up this fake points to get something good?) until I reached:

> Step 3: The secret sauce We always end with a section that is called: Final thoughts. This is your moment to shine and drop a punchline that talks about your product/service.

And, there it is.

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1. gavinhoward ◴[13 May 23 22:11 UTC] No.35933283[source]▶
I'm a blogger, and I often want to get on the front page of HN, even for posts that are not shilling anything.

It helps get my name in front of people (since my username is my real, legal name).

This is a long-term strategy; I am building a business, and the more people that know my name when I start announcing things, the better.

Yeah, I have an ulterior motive too, but I'm okay with it if that motive drives me to do actually good things.