Title: Years ago I was able to make the front page by having my friends upvote an article&#x2F;side project I&#x27;d post, but I&#x27;ve even been posting articles from big publications lately and they don&#x27;t seem to make the front page at all.<p>I&#x27;ve seen these unnecessary articles about gaming the front page: have you friends use an IP proxy, time your article at some crazy hour...has it really come to this?<p>As a personal example, I had an article I worked pretty hard on about web performance[1] with very tactical examples aimed to help an audience like HN. I tried posting at the right time, getting friends to upvote: nothing. Now I see this article[2] ranked on the front page (ranked no. 5, in fact) which is very much lacking in substance, doesn&#x27;t really offer anything new or novel, and it&#x27;s just climbing to the top.<p>I&#x27;m just kind of beside myself. I don&#x27;t want to have to game HackerNews to get relevant content to this audience, an audience I&#x27;ve been a part of for over 8 years. I have a decent amount of karma, I participate in the community, and I&#x27;m not just trying to peddle my own content. And yet, I just don&#x27;t even know how to engage this audience anymore. Am I doing something wrong?<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;userinterfacing.com&#x2F;the-fastest-way-to-increase-your-sites-performance-now&#x2F;<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kiboit.com&#x2F;performance
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