Our 36 Hours on Show HN

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5 pointsjustinlaing4 comments

Hmm, this is the first "I Hit The HN Front Page" humblebrag posts that's not a humblebrag, and as a result is interesting.

Being successful is not a binary get-on-front-page or not; ranking on the front page matters. At #27 of 30, that is effectively off the front page. (for reference in how important ranking matters, when one of my submissions went from #1 to #3, the number of active users dropped by 2/3rds. Going from #3 to #20 halved the traffic again.)

Definitely, 27 is pretty low. But it did drive a lot more traffic than being #5 on Show. Which I think is interesting. I would have thought more people looked at Show. But I guess not.

And now you're trying to break back on the front page, clever.

Sure, but hopefully providing some insight for others! It was definitely a learning experience.

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