Most good posts get buried under low-quality submissions/die in the latest.HN relies on people visiting the latest and upvoting or flagging what they see.
Spending a few minutes there every day is probably more than just commenting for HN.
It’s anonymous, thankless work, like the old “Knights of New” on Reddit, but it makes a difference.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newest
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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