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17 Tips for hacking Hacker News. My experience.

submitted this link on November 16, 2020
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    Forgot to mention timing.

    https://medium.com/@mi.schaefer/what-is-the-best-time-to-post-to-hacker-news-829fad3eac71

    In my opinion, you got two options:

    1. Posting on weekend = better chance to hit the front page, due to less competition. But less traffic
    2. Posting on business days = less change to hit the front page, but more traffic if you do
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      Very nice writeup. Thanks for sharing this!

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    Thanks for sharing this thread @Akcium! I will keep these in mind when I post about my product ruttl on Hacker News.

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