Did you ever visit `https://news.ycombinator.com/newest` page? Like 99% of submitted topics are never seen by anyone but few wanderers.

I prefer the "New" page. Much more random.

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.