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Re: Track HN: Survival Rate of Show HN Stories

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Re: Track HN: Survival Rate of Show HN Stories

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Post by fergbrain » Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 1:27 PM UTC

What about low ranking Show HN that did survive?

Re: Track HN: Survival Rate of Show HN Stories

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Post by ravenstine » Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 1:30 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #59

ravenstine wrote: post #20

You're telling me substack.com doesn't even make the top 100?

If you're referring to the domains, it's by submission count. Presumably only one Show HN was linked to substack.com.

It's just strange to me because medium.com comes up as #4, but in recent years Substack links get posted very often.

Re: Track HN: Survival Rate of Show HN Stories

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Post by gnicholas » Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

ravenstine wrote: post #73

gnicholas wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're referring to the domains, it's by submission count. Presumably only one Show HN was linked to substack.com.

It's just strange to me because medium.com comes up as #4, but in recent years Substack links get posted very often.

People post Show HNs and link to substack.com? I guess I don't understand why medium.com would show up either, but I can't recall seeing a substack link for a Show HN.

Re: Track HN: Survival Rate of Show HN Stories

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Post by ravenstine » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 1:13 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #74

ravenstine wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just strange to me because medium.com comes up as #4, but in recent years Substack links get posted very often.

People post Show HNs and link to substack.com? I guess I don't understand why medium.com would show up either, but I can't recall seeing a substack link for a Show HN.

I guess you're right. I checked out the substack domain on HN and only found one obvious Show HN thread for it, and the overall list of threads was surprisingly short. I feel like I've seen enough Substack threads come up here that, if Medium were linked to for a lot of Show HNs, that Substack should be on that list somewhere even if it's dead last. My impression that Substack links were competing with Medium links on HN was definitely not correct.