I've had only one blog post go viral on HN (and it was not even I who posted it here) and it was one that was not technically interesting (in my opinion at least), but polemic and intentionally provocative.
I wrote it in a fit of anger, not to attract attention... everything I'd written before, where I put lots of effort to make interesting points or create useful projects went mostly unnoticed compared to that angry post.
Unfortunately, that's the kind of content that "engages" people, it seems (HN is no different than any other "social media" platform, why would it be?).
I wrote it in a fit of anger, not to attract attention... everything I'd written before, where I put lots of effort to make interesting points or create useful projects went mostly unnoticed compared to that angry post.
Unfortunately, that's the kind of content that "engages" people, it seems (HN is no different than any other "social media" platform, why would it be?).