I've recently joined HN and I've posted once since then, in the Show HN category. I didn't receive any feedback which I find normal considering that I am really new here.<p>This made me wonder: what makes something succeed in HN? I'm sure the quality of the link surely matters a lot (probably the most), but there's other variables that matter a lot too. Things like:<p>- Title<p>- Just link vs text with a link<p>- Time to post<p>- Karma? (I don't know if it's important for submitting)<p>- and many others that I don't know of but you surely do!
I usually post something if I don't see it posted before and want to say something or think it's techie/cool.<p>I hear that time of day and day of post make a lot of impact if you want the most exposure.<p>For show/ask HN I don't need it to take off and be #1, just a few comments is usually enough to get many insights.