Most stuff posted here are mostly ignored, though. If grounding to reality requires one to become viral first, we are cooked.

HN frontpage hardly requires being viral.

Just genuine intrigue from a select few.

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 16 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.

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"

	▲	DANmode 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sure did, thanks.

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.