I did a Show HN before going to sleep and woke up to an immensity of upvotes...
... but just not on my submission.
Remember those classic YC mythical founder stories where they talk about how they posted on HN and it just blew up overnight?
I've seen people talk about it very casually, as if it's all organic, no effort went into "massaging" the algorithm, and it was serendipitous, and the "market pulled the product out of the founders" (all these terms Silicon Valley loves).
Question:
In your experience, did any of your recent Show HN posts ever blow up organically? Or did they take as much - if not more - effort than, say, Product Hunt? What were the best practices you followed?