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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: 0.206s | 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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inopinatus ◴[13 May 23 23:49 UTC] No.35933957[source]▶
On the one hand, sure, it’s a kinda like that Mission Accomplished xkcd.

On the other hand, the parable of Frogstar World B warns against self-reinforcing focus on a local maxima at the expense of diversity.

Fortunately I doubt we’re at risk of passing the Marketing Content Event Horizon just yet

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1. rrdharan ◴[14 May 23 01:33 UTC] No.35934513[source]▶
Re: Mission Accomplished, that's https://xkcd.com/810/ and indeed it was the first thing that came to mind when reading GP's comment.