How to read Hacker News – what mistake I made for 2 years

I am reading Hacker News for the last 2 years. It's been a really good source of information relevant to tech and startups, which I am interested. Recently I became a member to ask a question. Not much feedback came back except from some kind advice from PG.

My next submission involved an analysis about the future of YC, which got only one feedback.

>> Who are you?

Quite a way to handle an opinion expressed.

Now I noticed one thing. I was doing something wrong for the past 2 years. I would only read the pages that are listed in the “Hacker News” tabs. Quite a mistake I think. Over time I would check the pages again and see the same posts, because they were “rated” high. I don't know who and how rates the articles (of course I read that if you want to make it to the top you call your buddies clicking your article), but it clearly does not provide a real good sense of the articles submitted.

Now I believe a lot of people provide really valuable input and I have to browse through to see what's interesting. From now on I am going to check the “New” tab just beside the bold “Hacker News”. I counted roughly 300 posts published in a day, which I can skim through in 10 min and select the postings I found relevant.