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Is it bad form to post your own stuff to Hacker News?

17 pointsby pitdesiabout 14 years ago

8 comments

jokermatt999about 14 years ago
Every single blog post? Probably not.<p>A blog post you really spent some time on, that's on topic and you'd like to show off? Feel free.<p>I think Hacker News is generally pretty accepting of folks who submit things to HN to <i>discuss</i>, rather than to self-promote. If you're submitting one of your blog posts every day or multiple times a day though, you're probably doing it wrong. At least, that's how I feel. I originally came here from reddit (and started Report the Spammers there) so I'm likely less tolerant of self-promotion than some people are.
jaddisonabout 14 years ago
I find it curious why someone would ask this on Quora, rather than simply asking it here on HN. You would get a far more focused and realistic response - from the community itself.
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mikecaneabout 14 years ago
I do, but sparingly, and only when I really think it might be of interest. Mostly I post stuff from others. I didn't come here to self-promote, but I am interested in the Show HN things.
vipivipabout 14 years ago
I'm fine with Ask HN/Show HN.
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Tychoabout 14 years ago
I thought that was the idea. It makes for nice 'HN-exclusives' from out own community, which acts as a differentiator from other blog/news aggregation sites. If it's of the quality of article generally found on HN, then what's the worst that can happen - people either vote for it or they don't.
veyronabout 14 years ago
Out of curiosity: <a href="http://www.quora.com/Jinghao-Yan" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Jinghao-Yan</a> -- what is your HN handle? I would have expected the response to give some indication that he (im guessing gender based on picture) actually used the site ...
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swombatabout 14 years ago
I believe it's fine.
tgrassabout 14 years ago
As long as you're not dishonest about it.<p>(That doesn't require one to admit to it, but trying to actively hide one's association I personally find insulting).