Some of it is guff that shouldn't have been subbed. Some of it is interesting and it got ignored. Some of it is not particularly great, but it got a few upvotes then got many more as it hit the front page.
Items 3 and 4 in the list were posted very close together in time, and were unlikely to have been subbed by anyone else. One got no votes, the other made front page for a while and got comments.
* How to Almost Build an Engine With Only Parts From the Hardware Store [video] (howtolou.com)
87 points by DanBC 21 hours ago | 44 comments
*Programming the Vintage Intel MCS-48 Microcontrollers (theresistornetwork.com)
1 point by DanBC 22 hours ago | discuss
And then there are the articles that get upvotes, and also get flags. The responsive URLs article (11 in the list) got 6 upvotes, but was flagged to death. The Wikipedia loo roll article got 9 upvotes, and two comments (with a 3rd comment asking why the hell it had been posted) but was also flagged.
I don't claim my subs are any good, or that they shouldn't be flagged, but it is confusing.
I've gone to bed posting something I thought was mildly relevant and woken up to a big bump in karma.
I've posted something I thought was incredible and seen it wind up with one upvote.
Then again, why do I submit articles? Mainly because I think it will contribute to HN. If it doesn't, it doesn't. I tend to achieve more consistency with my writing anyway, and that's a more valuable skill to boot.
(https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=DanBC)
Some of it is guff that shouldn't have been subbed. Some of it is interesting and it got ignored. Some of it is not particularly great, but it got a few upvotes then got many more as it hit the front page.
Items 3 and 4 in the list were posted very close together in time, and were unlikely to have been subbed by anyone else. One got no votes, the other made front page for a while and got comments.
And then there are the articles that get upvotes, and also get flags. The responsive URLs article (11 in the list) got 6 upvotes, but was flagged to death. The Wikipedia loo roll article got 9 upvotes, and two comments (with a 3rd comment asking why the hell it had been posted) but was also flagged.I don't claim my subs are any good, or that they shouldn't be flagged, but it is confusing.