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Maybe they posted it to come back a few hours later or even tomorrow. The good thing about forums is that they are asynchronous.

I don't get the mindset where you finally ship but botch the launch marketing. The window of opportunity is so small and rarely comes back, that you really need to get the basics right, e.g. closely monitor launch posts, answer within minutes, be truthful, thank people if they provide useful feedback, etc.

Looking at Github, it says they are in CA, so thats 03:59 currently - maybe they posted it and then fell asleep.

That's like making major code updates on a Friday afternoon after a really long and hectic dev cycle.

It would be more realistic to make it a soft rule: make the story downranked on the front page if OP does not engage in the comments.

Sry! New to HN here. I posted it right before bedtime and didn't know a lot of people would be interested :).