alt Hacker NewsTiming really is everything for making the frontpage, I posted this last night and it got no traction.
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self_awareness • yesterday at 7:34 PM
Some other guy tried it as well after you, also no luck.
One strategy is to wait for US to wake up, then post, during their morning.
Other strategy is to post the same thing periodically until there is response.
I suspect it's just random luck, not timing.