| ▲ | baq 17 hours ago |
| > But not everyone is fortunate enough to know someone they can reach out to for grounding in reality. this shouldn't stop you at all: write it all up, post on HN and go viral, someone will jump in to correct you and point you at sources while hopefully not calling you, or your mother, too many names. https://xkcd.com/386/ |
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| ▲ | freehorse 17 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Most stuff posted here are mostly ignored, though. If grounding to reality requires one to become viral first, we are cooked. |
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| ▲ | DANmode 16 hours ago | parent [-] | | HN frontpage hardly requires being viral. Just genuine intrigue from a select few. | | |
| ▲ | vbezhenar 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Did you ever visit `https://news.ycombinator.com/newest` page? Like 99% of submitted topics are never seen by anyone but few wanderers. | | |
| ▲ | chairmansteve 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I prefer the "New" page. Much more random. | |
| ▲ | DANmode 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Often. 95%+ of submitted topics have poorly formatted titles, are submitted at off-peak times where there’s less users of demographics who might upvote, and if your Show HN isn’t as widely applicable as this, those things might be important to think about. Fairness aside, of course. |
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| ▲ | ghurtado 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > HN frontpage hardly requires virility. As far as I can tell, it doesn't require femininity either. I'm guessing you meant "virality" | | | |
| ▲ | Retric 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It’s still way easier the first time. The 50th time someone comes to the same conclusion nobody on HN is going to upvote the topic. |
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| ▲ | TimTheTinker 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This wasn't a technical subject, and unrelated to HN. Just edited my post to clarify - thanks! |
