An analysis of the most-used terms on Hacker News in 2012. Go here to use the interactive version of this graph.
Itching for a little fame on Y Combinator‘s Hacker News?
Here’s the magic recipe, according to a blog post by RJMetrics‘ cofounder Bob Moore: Post about TSA at 8 a.m. on a Wednesday and use curse words. Maybe throw in a reference to programming language C, too.
Kidding aside, check out this analysis — complete with interactive graphs — from Moore, who heads the Center City business analytics firm.
Here’s the post on Hacker News. It actually didn’t last on the front page, despite 13 votes in 36 minutes, according to Moore’s comment. He suspects the post was flagged.
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