How many of you look at http://news.ycombinator.com/newest?
georgecmu: It seems a few people use the kick-starting strategy.
I've seen articles get a bunch of points right after being submitted and making their way to the frontpage, while my submissions of the same content that have been made a bit earlier never got any upvotes whatsoever.Personally, I haven't done it and don't intend to. On the other hand, I'm guilty of checking the newest articles only after I submitted something myself.