What happens when you're #1 on Hacker News for a day
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Re: What happens when you're #1 on Hacker News for a day
#2I had my last post on the home page for almost a day. That spike in the viewers count and twitter feeds are probably the most notable effect out of it. If you need to spread any sort of awareness about any topic, HN seems to be a great way to do that, also the fact that so many other platforms pick up their news from HN only helps.
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#3Really interesting read on how much interaction HN brings. There is a lot to be said for quality over quantity when it comes to page views.
I believe you are wrong about dismissing that top comment in the other post as snarky, negative and useless. That comment has a lot of very useful information from someone who appears to have been doing the Thailand thing longer than you have.
1) Thai law was brought up a number of times and you do appear to be violating it. This is probably something that needs to be said.
2) You mention how cheap it is while he believes its more expensive, but you may have gotten a good deal or stayed in areas that others wouldn't want to. It's your experience vs his; I see no reason to dismiss him as 'snark'.
3) He shares a number of anecdotes (sex workers, etc) that differ from your anecdotes. Thailand is a big place, you can both be right, and the more information the better.
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#4I think this post will receive the same amount of viewers than the last one, prepare your servers ! :)
Joke apart, your content is quite good, well redacted but you also have a nice and content-centered blog. It's far more readable than other blogs or academic papers and I think it's also thanks to this that you were featured. Keep posting your posts on HN !
Thanks
Re: What happens when you're #1 on Hacker News for a day
#5 These numbers tell me I’ll have to completely change
the landing page as it’s not converting well.
[1] 15,000 uniques led to just 78 trials, 1 paid customer
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#6These numbers tell me I’ll have to completely change the landing page as it’s not converting well. Don't optimize your site for HN unless you want to spend the next two years crawling towards your first thousand users - YouTube publishers in significant numbers just don't hang out here. Most startups should take heed of those numbers[1] too before they design a content strategy around HN hoping that will give them tr…
For sure, although my landing page is not really telling my product's story very well yet.
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#7OMG, those are great stats, I created a new account just after reading this article.
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#8Next week: What happens when your follow-up to being #1 on Hacker News ends up being #1 on Hacker News.
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#9...Your website crashes and you discover what memcache is for.
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#10I enjoyed reading the report back. The author laid it out clearly and informatively. However the dismissal of the top HN comment, appears unfounded. [1]
It reads like a case of minimizing dissonance. In other words, it seems the author is attempting to rationalize away another person's viewpoint, by simply characterizing it as snark.
Some more probable explanations why the comment made it to #1, could have been:
- It felt authentic. "I've lived and built two companies in Thailand over the last 14 years."
- The answer expressed a contrary viewpoint, giving HN readers a more balanced view of the topic.