
Our 36 Hours on Show HN - justinlaing
https://medium.com/@justinlaing/our-36-hours-on-show-hn-34d47b6b56ee#.k9a8i7pt4
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minimaxir
Hmm, this is the first "I Hit The HN Front Page" humblebrag posts that's not a
humblebrag, and as a result is interesting.

Being successful is not a binary get-on-front-page or not; ranking on the
front page matters. At #27 of 30, that is effectively off the front page. (for
reference in how important ranking matters, when one of my submissions went
from #1 to #3, the number of active users dropped _by 2 /3rds_. Going from #3
to #20 halved the traffic again.)

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justinlaing
Definitely, 27 is pretty low. But it did drive a lot more traffic than being
#5 on Show. Which I think is interesting. I would have thought more people
looked at Show. But I guess not.

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Ezhik
And now you're trying to break back on the front page, clever.

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justinlaing
Sure, but hopefully providing some insight for others! It was definitely a
learning experience.

