My previous “successful” submissions follow the same pattern. And I have a lot of “unsuccessful” submissions with 1 or 2 points. It’s a pity because I still think that some of them are very interesting.
I think that a very important factor is just to have luck and get a few upvotes in the fist minutes.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7131592 (214 points, 1 day ago, 181 comments): This was 1 day old when I submitted it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6663013 (46 points, 87 days ago, 15 comments): This was a week old when I submitted.
My previous “successful” submissions follow the same pattern. And I have a lot of “unsuccessful” submissions with 1 or 2 points. It’s a pity because I still think that some of them are very interesting.
I think that a very important factor is just to have luck and get a few upvotes in the fist minutes.