Surely the right lesson to take would be to try something like posting links several times? To paraphrase, even if success always comes from accident, there are always ways to make yourself more accident-prone.
I post things several times to HN. Other communities (lobste.rs, reddit) frown on this more, but HN seems just fine with it (as long as you aren't obnoxious).
I've definitely seen articles I posted (not necessarily mine) get reposted and have wildly different visibility.
It's also a fun excuse to go trolling through your back catalog of writing and see what is worth posting today.
If you launch and no one notices, launch again
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