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points · traction gained Oct 13, 17:00 UTC → Oct 14, 14:36 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Traction frozen — tracking ended at 153h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.

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listed Oct 8, 05:24 UTC

Traction (points) over time

011Oct 8Oct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18ListedTracking endedNo readings after tracking ended; traction stays at the last recorded valueOct 10, 11:16 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 54h after listingOct 10, 16:19 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 59h after listingOct 11, 15:36 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 82h after listingOct 12, 18:53 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 109h after listingOct 13, 17:00 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 132h after listingOct 14, 14:36 UTC · 1 points · 0 comments · 153h after listing
6 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
1points
Comments
0
Rank in DEVT this week
—not listed in the last 7 days
Rank overall this week
—
Sector hit rate
9.3%14/151 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
1Oct 10, 11:16 UTC
Last reading
1Oct 14, 14:36 UTC
Readings
6over 153h

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