You guys are obviously doing interesting work, but you've posted close to 30 of these to Hacker News in the last two weeks. That is no way to produce content for HN—it's a way to train people to think of you as spammers. You definitely don't want that! Also, some of the voting on these posts looks fake and that is hurting you.
What you want to do instead is craft an article explaining who you are, what you do, and how you do it. Such a post should be substantive enough for an intelligent but inexperienced audience to sink its teeth into. (That's what's wrong with all these medium.com examples you're posting.) And it should not be so technical that it wooshes over almost all our heads. (That's what was wrong with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9119407.) For best results, include concrete examples and point out interesting things about them.
It takes time to produce content like that, but if you get the balance right, I'm pretty sure the HN community would like to read it.
This is some of the same advice we give to YC startups who ask about how to do well on Hacker News. One day I'd like to write that up and publish it—for everyone, not just YC. We all have an interest in seeing better articles on HN.
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[ 20.1 ms ] story [ 300 ms ] threadWhat you want to do instead is craft an article explaining who you are, what you do, and how you do it. Such a post should be substantive enough for an intelligent but inexperienced audience to sink its teeth into. (That's what's wrong with all these medium.com examples you're posting.) And it should not be so technical that it wooshes over almost all our heads. (That's what was wrong with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9119407.) For best results, include concrete examples and point out interesting things about them.
It takes time to produce content like that, but if you get the balance right, I'm pretty sure the HN community would like to read it.
This is some of the same advice we give to YC startups who ask about how to do well on Hacker News. One day I'd like to write that up and publish it—for everyone, not just YC. We all have an interest in seeing better articles on HN.