By @edent · blogging hackernews NaBloPoMo stats ycombinator · 4 comments · 550 words · read ~456 times. One of the things

What's The Front Page of HackerNews Worth?

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By @edent · blogging hackernews NaBloPoMo stats ycombinator · 4 comments · 550 words · read ~456 times.

One of the things that jollies me along during NaBloPoMo (where I have to write a blog post every single day in November) is seeing that people are reading my blog. I like watching the visitor counter tick gently upwards. I also love to see people discussing, arguing, and commenting on the posts I write.

When I started this month, I looked at the blog's statistics and decided I wanted to get 30,000 views in the month of November. I normally average 600 views per day. So, how to get that up to 1,000 per day?

My first post - about smuggling USB sticks - was submitted at 1300GMT on Sunday 11th November and, fairly quickly, made it to the front page as readers upvoted it. Near as I can tell, it remained on the front page for 24 hours.

I figured 1300GMT on a Friday was a good time to submit again. It catches UK workers having or returning from lunch - and it's 0800 on the East Coast of the USA, so catches commuters there.