I'm new here. I did read the welcome page, but it didn't explain how stuff works here. After looking at the front page, I saw that you can add tags, such as Ask HN.
Here [1] are some undocumented features of HN. The Guidelines and FAQ below have more details. If you hang out for a while you will get the gist of it.<p>[1] - <a href="https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented</a>
Yeah so basically :
- ASK HN : To Ask HN something. Make sure it's a legitimate question and re-read it to yourself to make sure it makes sense. It's not for asking questions like "How to do a binary search?", that belongs elsewhere.<p>- SHOW HN : To show HN something that you built ( or someone else did ) and receive feedback on it. Don't spam the same thing over and over, your account might get marked as spam, I learnt it the hard way.<p>- LAUNCH HN : It's for YC startups when they launch.<p>Apart from this, you should feel free to post anything <i></i>new<i></i> and <i></i>interesting<i></i> that you find on the internet. Primarily tech-related but not necessarily. Anything that helps quench curiosity and isn't spammy works.