Guidelines
What lands well, what to skip.
A 60-second read before you hit submit. Life hacks publish instantly — there’s no review queue — so the leaderboard depends on contributors aiming for specific, doable, worth-a-stranger’s-time advice.
What makes a great life hack
- Specific. “Drink water before coffee” beats “stay hydrated.”
- Action in 24 hours. A reader should know what to do tonight or tomorrow morning. If they have to plan a project around it, it’s not a hack yet.
- Earned. Hacks you’ve personally tried and seen work outrank hacks you read somewhere. Comments on the hack page are where readers report results.
- Plain language. Write it like you’re texting a friend. No jargon, no buzzwords, no “hack your dopamine.”
What to skip
- Generic platitudes (“exercise more”, “eat well”) — readers downvote them quickly.
- Anything that reads like medical, legal, financial, or tax advice. The leaderboard isn’t a doctor or a CPA.
- Promotional content. If the hack is “use my app/course/newsletter”, see /advertise instead.
- Affiliate links, referral codes, or self-promotion buried inside a hack.
- Anything that requires a leap of faith (“manifest your goals”) or makes claims that can’t be evaluated.
- Cruelty, harassment, hateful generalisations, or advice that puts other people at risk.
- Exact duplicates of existing hacks. Add your angle as a comment on the existing one instead.
When you hit Post
The hack publishes immediately and shows up in New right away. From there it competes with everything else on votes and on comment activity. The better it is, the higher it climbs.
Flagging bad hacks
Every hack and comment has a Report control. Use it for spam, harmful advice, or anything that breaks the rules above. Enough reports auto-hide the hack from the leaderboard until it’s reviewed.