Thread by @1HaKr

Want to post successfully on Hacker News? follow these simple tips

These are the tips that i followed and got my post to first page of @newsycombinator multiple time

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Tip#1 Title should always be as unique as possible. At the same time simple, HN doesn't like cheesy titles. Title like "Show HN: XXX - does YYY" only works when you have something entirely new or unique. So try to find unique angle.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=238800…

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Tip#2 Best time to post is on Weekends. On weekends there is less traffic on HN but also less competition to reach the front page. If you make it to frontpage, your posts will likely get less views than frontpage posts at a more popular time, so it’s a tradeoff.

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Tip#3 Its good to get few upvotes immediately after posting. So it has some change of getting more eye balls. I just asked my brother to upvote and thats it, sometime you get upvotes immediately, sometimes it take more than an hour.

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Tip#4 Keep engaging with the audience. HN loves conversation, always try to post meaningful comments. The more comments you get, higher the chance fo reaching to front page.

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Tip#5 Keep posting every week till you make it to the top & keep experimenting.Posting multiple time on HN is an acceptable practice. There's a lot of luck to a post reaching critical mass on HN, so if you happen to get lost in the noise, you can try again.

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HN is mostly a hit or miss sort of platform, where people form some sort of hive mind and rally for or against any topic/post.

What was your experience with HN? Tell me what worked for you?

#marketingtips

My other front page reaching post on HN
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=186408…
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222100…
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=217960…