> But was I so completely wrong about what HN would find interesting?
I don't think so.
Whether a good submission gets noticed and upvoted early depends quite a bit on what time of day it is submitted. I have formed the opinion that 0700 eastern might be the best time, as the east coast sees it, UK sees it, and if something gets a few upvotes within a few minutes, it is likely to hit the front page, at which point it much more likely to be evaluated on its merits.
Keep in mind that upvotes come from two sources. First is if someone is viewing an HN page, perhaps /newest and likes the article, clicks uparrow. The other way is if another user submits the same link, it gets an automatic update. So if a popular twit is noticed and submitted, the chance of a handful of submissions in a few minutes is higher.
And I have a suspicion that if one were to tally the number of times the uparrow was hit on the front page as opposed to the /newest page, the front page would be vastly higher.
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> But was I so completely wrong about what HN would find interesting?
I don't think so.
Whether a good submission gets noticed and upvoted early depends quite a bit on what time of day it is submitted. I have formed the opinion that 0700 eastern might be the best time, as the east coast sees it, UK sees it, and if something gets a few upvotes within a few minutes, it is likely to hit the front page, at which point it much more likely to be evaluated on its merits.
Keep in mind that upvotes come from two sources. First is if someone is viewing an HN page, perhaps /newest and likes the article, clicks uparrow. The other way is if another user submits the same link, it gets an automatic update. So if a popular twit is noticed and submitted, the chance of a handful of submissions in a few minutes is higher.
And I have a suspicion that if one were to tally the number of times the uparrow was hit on the front page as opposed to the /newest page, the front page would be vastly higher.