[balsam]

FWIW this shows what it takes to get to the front page. There are a lot of interesting links in "new" right now but only stuff with a bit of negative tension gets boosted to the front page (fear & conspiracies work!) Disclaimer: I provided the crucial vote that boosted this here very thread.

[nknighthb]

YC job ads are not voted on. They appear on the front page automatically.

[balsam]

i'm not talking that YC job, I'm talking about this post replying to the YC job.

[minimaxir]

There's a big difference between "getting to the front page" and receiving more than 1 upvote per minute.

[balsam]

not if you cast the second vote within a minute. the subsequent votes don't help as much as the second vote, which already gets it too far (where people on the first few pages in the main section can see it)