I don't understand how Ycombinator News works sometime. We have written this article http://wind8apps.com/microsoft-stock-down-11-percent/ and it was the FIRST here, it got on the front page, it got REMOVED and then somebody submitted a simple link to the stock page.
I mean, don't we deserve a little credit for being quick enough? Or we ALWAYS have to be the primary source of something. In this case, the google stock page is only a tool.
Please explain on how this works because I have previously submitted stories that I discovered and further developed.
I just need to understand how this community works to make the most of it.
The last story I had on the front page was like 6 months ago so I said to become active again and thought timing was crucial with this one.
I got the timing right :D
What I want to ask is this, with the current title, would it have been as "baiting"? I mean, did it have a chance of getting on the front page with the actual title? Because if it did, then it's too bad :(
Indeed, the were some errors inside the piece that I almost never make
My mistake was to write and then submit it here, NOT KNOWING NOR EXPECTING that it would get so quickly picked up on the front page.
Quicker than I realized, I was confronted with the mistake I made, without having time to re-examine the article again.
And yes, I did research. Initially, I wanted to write something about Microsoft's focus on the cloud and then I found this piece - http://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2013/07/wpc-microsoft-1..., which is 3 days old, so, most likely, that is the initial source, but not Zdnet.
I just love it how you folks always give it to the "zero spelling mistakes" website and all. You're simply giving no chance to other websites to evolve. I gave that source because they were first, not because they were exclusive.
and it wasn't a reinterpretation of that source only.
It wasn't even a link bait. I understood the difference only now. I am not an expert in the field, I agree, I didn't even thought it'd get this quickly in the top. Again, I didn't intend this to be a link bait, apologies!
I will make sure to add meaningful insight and information!
Thanks!