it's exciting... especially if it's just extremely unexpected...
for 2 1/2 months i was happy w/ something if it got 6 upvotes... eventually. when one got 7 i was elated. then one got 11, & then i posted a roll safe logic thing that eventually got 38...
then a few days later i put a civil war meme that got 52, which excited me. but then i posted a meme at 6 PM one day & by 11 PM it had 21 upvotes... ik that meant something good but didn't imagine what was about to happen... the nxt day i woke up & it had 104, & it kept climbing & ended around 600... i've never had one that good again... but i've had a lot of good ones since...
so mainly it takes time & patience & figuring out what ppl do 2 get on the front page... & feels exciting when it happens... (u can tell b/c i remember the whole experience lol)