alt Hacker News> I agree it's absurd that those 4 commits started this morning projects that get huge hype and screaming fanboys, but I don't think this is that.
Is that what I'm doing wrong?
If I start a new project this morning, push about four commits to it, and bang it up on here, it'll go to the front page? I'd love for anything I've done to get that much traction ;-)
The only consistent things I've heard is volume. You gotta effectively spam and some things stick.
It also has to be cognitively stupid to understand - the least amount of knowledge or suppositions required.
I've found myself on the front page maybe 5 times... Someone else posted my stuff.
I find the algo game to be morally repugnant so I don't play it. I just build things and hope they're useful to the right audiences