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Middle of the pack
Beat 49% of Show HN launches that day
#88 of 188 on Nov 3
#3 of 7 Writing & Content launches on Show HN on Nov 3. 6.3% of Writing & Content launches (2 of 32) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Writing & Content →
points · traction gained Nov 9, 10:27 UTC → Nov 10, 10:45 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 159h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 3, 19:51 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in WRIT this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 6.3%2/32 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 159h
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Top on Nov 3 · 188 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1HackerTVHN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels488 points
- #2Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News475 points
- #3Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie127 points
- #4KairosOpen-source risk and fraud decisioning platform107 points
- #5I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands72 points
More in Writing & Content · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- STE80 Humanizerde-AI text by writing 80% of the way to ASD-STE100112 points▲ +1
- JotSelect text anywhere on macOS, tap Shift twice, get Markdown9 points0
- ClingonMarkdown cheatsheets that run in your real shell4 points0
- TrueDateFilter searches to pre-2023 and detect fake article dates4 points0
- UpvotedUp First but with HN stories3 points0
Grades · each graded against other Writing & Content launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 49% · vs 121 Writing & Content · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #88 of 188 Show HN launches on 2026-11-03
- #86Kiri2 points
- #87Connect Agents to 550 Business Tools2 points
- #88HackerByte2 points
- #89An MCP proxy that sends 97% fewer tool-definition tokens per request2 points
- #90Animus AI Blocker:Block AI slop images/videos on your social media feed2 points
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