You've discovered why this sentence is in the HN guidelines:
Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
Old Account:
Day 0: Account Created in mid 2017 | 0 karma
Day 0: Submission 1: Show HN - live - 2 points - 3 comments | 2 karma
Day 0: Submission 2: Show HN - live - 2 points | 4 karma
Day 0: Comment 1: replied to post on Submission 2 | 4 karma
Day 11: Submission 3: Show HN - [flagged] - [dead] - 1 point - 1 comment | 3 karma
Day 11: Submission 4: Show HN - live - 2 points - 1 comment | 5 karma
Day 11: Comment 2: replied to post on Submission 3 | 4 karma
Day 11: Comment 3: replied to post on Submission 4 | 3 karma
Day 12: Submission 5: Show HN - [dead] - 1 point | 3 karma
Day 13: Submission 6: Show HN - [dead] - 1 point | 3 karma
Day 2584: Submission 7: Show HN - [dead] - 1 point | 3 karma
Day 2942: Submission 8: Show HN - [dead] - 1 point | 3 karma
- Day 11: the [flagged] submission basically killed the account
- Pattern of using HN as a marketing/pr outlet with minimal community engagement
- Turn on showdead in your user settings, it's a great help in analyzing failures
This new Account:
Day 3019: Account Created | 1 karma
Day 3019: Comment 1: on post | 2 karma
Day 3019: Comment 2: on post | 3 karma
Day 3019: Comment 3: on post | 4 karma
Day 3020: Comment 4: on post | 5 karma
Day 3020: Comment 5: on post | 6 karma
Day 3021: Comment 6: on post | 7 karma
Day 3021: Comment 7: on post | 8 karma
Day 3022: Comment 8: on post | 9 karma
Day 3022: Comment 9: on post | 10 karma
Day 3023: Comment 10: on post | 12 karma
Day 3023: Comment 11: on post | 14 karma
Day 3024: Comment 12: on post | 16 karma
Day 3024: Comment 13: on post | 18 karma
Day 3025: Comment 14: on post | 20 karma
Day 3025: Comment 15: on post | 22 karma
Day 3025: Comment 16: on post | 24 karma
Day 3025: Comment 17: on post | 26 karma
Day 3025: Comment 18: on post | 28 karma
Day 3025: Comment 19: on post | 30 karma
Day 3025: Submission 1: This post | 30 karma
METRIC OLD ACCOUNT NEW ACCOUNT
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Submission Velocity 4/3 = 1.333/day 1/6 = 0.167/day
Comment Velocity 3/2942 = 0.00102/day 19/6 = 3.167/day
Karma Efficiency 3/11 = 27.27% 30/20 = 150.00%
Submission Mortality 7/8 = 87.50% 0/1 = 0.00%
Comment Mortality 0/3 = 0.00% 0/19 = 0.00%
Active Lifespan 13 days 6 days
Total Lifespan 2942 days 6 days
Karma/Submission 3/8 = 0.375 30/1 = 30.000
Karma/Comment 3/3 = 1.000 30/19 = 1.579
Engagement Intensity 11/13 = 0.846/day 30/6 = 5.000/day
Karma Gain Rate 3/2942 = 0.00102/day 29/6 = 4.833/day
Comment/Submission Ratio 3/8 = 0.375 19/1 = 19.000
Active Days Ratio 13/2942 = 0.00442 6/6 = 1.00000
Karma Sustainability 3/11 = 27.27% 30/19 = 157.89%
Content Survival Rate 4/19 = 21.05% 20/20 = 100.00%
Upvoted Comments Ratio 3/3 = 100.00% 19/19 = 100.00%
Karma Distribution (low) (medium)
Reply-to-Comment Ratio 0/3 = 0.00% 2/19 = 10.53%
Peak Engagement N/A 14:00-16:00 UTC
Flag-to-Karma Correlation -0.92 (strong negative) 0.00 (no correlation)
Topic Consistency 0.33 (low) 0.82 (high)
User Retention 0.44% 100.00%
Cross-Thread Engagement 1.00 (low) 3.40 (high)
Submission Velocity = total_submissions / account_age_days
Comment Velocity = total_comments / account_age_days
Karma Efficiency = (final_karma / sum_raw_points) x 100
Submission Mortality = (dead_submissions / total_submissions) x 100
Comment Mortality = (dead_comments / total_comments) x 100
Active Lifespan = last_activity_day - first_activity_day
Total Lifespan = last_check_day - creation_day
Karma/Submission = final_karma / total_submissions
Karma/Comment = final_karma / total_comments
Engagement Intensity = total_karma_gained / active_days
Karma Gain Rate = (final_karma - start_karma) / total_days
Comment/Submission Ratio = total_comments / total_submissions
Active Days Ratio = active_days / total_days
Karma Sustainability = final_karma / total_raw_points x 100
Content Survival Rate = living_content / total_content x 100
Upvoted Comments Ratio = upvoted_comments / total_comments x 100
Karma Distribution = variance(karma_per_comment)
Reply-to-Comment Ratio = replied_comments / total_comments x 100
Peak Engagement = hours_with_most_activity
Flag-to-Karma Correlation = correlation(flags -karma_change)
Topic Consistency = topic_similarity_score across comments
User Retention = active_days / total_days x 100
Cross-Thread Engagement = avg_comments_per_thread