1–10 of 11 posts
a) Daring Fireball
b) TechCrunch
c) NYTimes
Not that this is a big deal, I just find it interesting - what better way would there be to handle these submissions?
If someone wants to become a HN power user, the key seems to be participation. Participate and people learn your handle, people learn your views and story, and sometimes you get to connect with similar people in real life. It's kind of neat.
That's how this works. I suspect quite a few people have those sites in their rss feeds and as soon as they spot one they post it hoping to beat the rest to the game.
It's the HN equivalent of /.'s 'first post' meme.
Only here the 'first poster' gets rewarded with karma so they keep doing it.
Let me complete your list for you:
(left column is total credits for articles submitted from that source):
+--------+------------------------------------+-------------+---------------------+
| sumpts | domain | submissions | pointspersubmission |
+--------+------------------------------------+-------------+---------------------+
| 40209 | techcrunch.com | 4788 | 8.3979 |
| 26922 | nytimes.com | 3407 | 7.9020 |
| 8994 | wired.com | 967 | 9.3009 |
| 8298 | paulgraham.com | 149 | 55.6913 |
| 7652 | readwriteweb.com | 1576 | 4.8553 |
| 7605 | 37signals.com | 493 | 15.4260 |
| 7001 | arstechnica.com | 1104 | 6.3415 |
| 6746 | online.wsj.com | 816 | 8.2672 |
| 6127 | economist.com | 766 | 7.9987 |
| 5988 | news.bbc.co.uk | 1074 | 5.5754 |
| 5660 | codinghorror.com | 334 | 16.9461 |
| 4890 | venturebeat.com | 1045 | 4.6794 |
| 4824 | code.google.com | 339 | 14.2301 |
| 4758 | youtube.com | 976 | 4.8750 |
| 4637 | ycombinator.com | 69 | 67.2029 |
| 4364 | guardian.co.uk | 499 | 8.7455 |
| 4082 | github.com | 244 | 16.7295 |
| 4051 | blog.wired.com | 692 | 5.8540 |
| 4033 | businessweek.com | 667 | 6.0465 |
| 4008 | news.cnet.com | 800 | 5.0100 |
| 3995 | alleyinsider.com | 964 | 4.1442 |
| 3992 | gigaom.com | 718 | 5.5599 |
| 3912 | slate.com | 375 | 10.4320 |
| 3873 | mashable.com | 827 | 4.6832 |
| 3748 | sethgodin.typepad.com | 448 | 8.3661 |
| 3639 | en.wikipedia.org | 395 | 9.2127 |
| 3363 | daringfireball.net | 115 | 29.2435 |
| 3219 | zedshaw.com | 68 | 47.3382 |
| 3170 | bits.blogs.nytimes.com | 536 | 5.9142 |
| 3158 | inc.com | 189 | 16.7090 |
| 3112 | joelonsoftware.com | 141 | 22.0709 |
| 3074 | groups.google.com | 215 | 14.2977 |
| 2868 | googleblog.blogspot.com | 276 | 10.3913 |
| 2831 | newscientist.com | 354 | 7.9972 |
| 2748 | theregister.co.uk | 366 | 7.5082 |
| 2708 | mattmaroon.com | 95 | 28.5053 |
| 2601 | washingtonpost.com | 311 | 8.3633 |
| 2600 | sfgate.com | 613 | 4.2414 |
| 2597 | radar.oreilly.com | 422 | 6.1540 |
| 2577 | centernetworks.com | 525 | 4.9086 |
| 2515 | google.com | 256 | 9.8242 |
| 2420 | blogs.zdnet.com | 507 | 4.7732 |
| 2342 | thestandard.com | 562 | 4.1673 |
| 2317 | catonmat.net | 88 | 26.3295 |
| 2316 | money.cnn.com | 450 | 5.1467 |
| 2309 | forbes.com | 376 | 6.1410 |
| 2238 | avc.com | 221 | 10.1267 |
| 2236 | newyorker.com | 151 | 14.8079 |
| 2204 | boston.com | 224 | 9.8393 |
| 2179 | ejohn.org | 132 | 16.5076 |
| 2137 | ted.com | 242 | 8.8306 |
| 2079 | businessinsider.com | 350 | 5.9400 |
| 2053 | theatlantic.com | 99 | 20.7374 |
| 2039 | technologyreview.com | 388 | 5.2552 |
| 1947 | paulbuchheit.blogspot.com | 59 | 33.0000 |
| 1923 | telegraph.co.uk | 248 | 7.7540 |
| 1916 | sivers.org | 38 | 50.4211 |
| 1907 | blog.pmarca.com | 126 | 15.1349 |
| 1866 | steve-yegge.blogspot.com | 42 | 44.4286 |
| 1855 | smashingmagazine.com | 225 | 8.2444 |
| 1820 | scienceblogs.com | 198 | 9.1919 |
| 1801 | torrentfreak.com | 157 | 11.4713 |
| 1788 | gizmodo.com | 266 | 6.7218 |
| 1787 | cnn.com | 341 | 5.2405 |
| 1762 | slideshare.net | 190 | 9.2737 |
| 1703 | schneier.com | 114 | 14.9386 |
| 1701 | aaronsw.com | 80 | 21.2625 |
| 1691 | blogmaverick.com | 131 | 12.9084 |
| 1652 | venturehacks.com | 132 | 12.5152 |
| 1615 | time.com | 181 | 8.9227 |
| 1553 | technologizer.com | 560 | 2.7732 |
| 1548 | engadget.com | 258 | 6.0000 |
| 1529 | xconomy.com | 271 | 5.6421 |
| 1510 | news.yahoo.com | 377 | 4.0053 |
| 1507 | ajaxian.com | 396 | 3.8056 |
| 1498 | steveblank.com | 68 | 22.0294 |
| 1496 | ft.com | 229 | 6.5328 |
| 1490 | weblog.raganwald.com | 101 | 14.7525 |
| 1480 | jgc.org | 69 | 21.4493 |
| 1477 | sciam.com | 182 | 8.1154 |
| 1468 | reuters.com | 362 | 4.0552 |
| 1444 | startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com | 85 | 16.9882 |
| 1414 | avc.blogs.com | 140 | 10.1000 |
| 1403 | fastcompany.com | 235 | 5.9702 |
| 1374 | newsweek.com | 136 | 10.1029 |
| 1368 | onstartups.com | 142 | 9.6338 |
| 1335 | appleinsider.com | 178 | 7.5000 |
| 1335 | blogs.msdn.com | 177 | 7.5424 |
| 1327 | valleywag.com | 377 | 3.5199 |
| 1327 | bloomberg.com | 230 | 5.7696 |
| 1308 | crunchgear.com | 189 | 6.9206 |
| 1304 | aws.typepad.com | 79 | 16.5063 |
| 1297 | amazon.com | 99 | 13.1010 |
| 1290 | vimeo.com | 127 | 10.1575 |
| 1280 | msnbc.msn.com | 230 | 5.5652 |
| 1275 | blogs.law.harvard.edu | 88 | 14.4886 |
| 1248 | xkcd.com | 102 | 12.2353 |
| 1215 | blogs.wsj.com | 168 | 7.2321 |
| 1211 | overcomingbias.com | 115 | 10.5304 |
+--------+------------------------------------+-------------+---------------------+Simply not count them. That way it is no longer a race between 'who submits them first' (you know who you are ;)) so all the hangers on add their upvote. That's how this works. I suspect quite a few people have those sites in their rss feeds and as soon as they spot one they post it hoping to beat the rest to the game. It's the HN equivalent of /.'s 'first post' meme. Only here the 'first poster' gets rewarded with k…
Stunning that T/C is 2x their closest second, and hugely over the top 10.
Simply not count them. That way it is no longer a race between 'who submits them first' (you know who you are ;)) so all the hangers on add their upvote. That's how this works. I suspect quite a few people have those sites in their rss feeds and as soon as they spot one they post it hoping to beat the rest to the game. It's the HN equivalent of /.'s 'first post' meme. Only here the 'first poster' gets rewarded with k…
Brilliant list. Stunning that T/C is 2x their closest second, and hugely over the top 10.
edit: I just made another version that shows the distribution for the users posting, but I'm not sure if I should post that.
It proves the OPs point in a pretty dramatic way though.
edit2: I've posted the list but anonymized: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1076237
Obviously, people find value in these submissions so the 'market' rewards those who post these articles. No more or less simple than that.