Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?

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Post by dvaun » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 4:19 PM UTC

gus_massa wrote: post #9

dvaun wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd like to add to this. > If you submit your own stuff once a week, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. I browse /new frequently and come across self-promoting accounts constantly [0]. It may depend on dang having time to remove these submissions and other users to flag them. [0]: As an example, I came across this user yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=aogl there are plenty of others who do thi…

That example is in the border, but it's not annoying enough and can fly under the radar. I'd not be surprised if it get's banned eventually. * Once every two days, so people don't remember. * Not exact repost, so people don't remember. * The post are too short, but not completely off-topic. * Not obvious suckpuppets or similar activity. Note that this is not a foolproof recipe. As I said before, it's not annoying eno…

I agree with each of your bullet points.

There is quite a bit of good content that never makes it to the front page. Having less muck to sift through would be nice :) however, this is just a symptom of HN steadily growing more popular...

Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?

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Post by dvaun » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 4:20 PM UTC

Normille wrote: post #10

dvaun wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd like to add to this. > If you submit your own stuff once a week, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. I browse /new frequently and come across self-promoting accounts constantly [0]. It may depend on dang having time to remove these submissions and other users to flag them. [0]: As an example, I came across this user yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=aogl there are plenty of others who do thi…

Here's another one I've noticed. Only ever posts links to his own website articles. Sometimes multiple times a day: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=iafrikan

Personally, it irks me that a lot of these submissions get posted because it adds to the list of posts that I have to weed through in order to find the gems.

I've been making it a point to flag submissions—more often—when they do violate the guidelines (resubmissions, political/can be discussed elsewhere, etc.)

Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?

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Post by dvaun » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 4:25 PM UTC

HN is a great site to attempt to gain exposure and new subscribers.

I understand why someone would choose to post their content here, despite my other comments railing against self-promoters.

If you make it to the front page you will gain a great SEO boost simply due to the new links that pop up on dozens of HN copy-cats that exist elsewhere[0]

So, I say go for it if you have content that you want to share!

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21092890

Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?

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Post by Normille » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 6:14 PM UTC

dvaun wrote: post #12

Normille wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's another one I've noticed. Only ever posts links to his own website articles. Sometimes multiple times a day: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=iafrikan

Personally, it irks me that a lot of these submissions get posted because it adds to the list of posts that I have to weed through in order to find the gems. I've been making it a point to flag submissions—more often—when they do violate the guidelines (resubmissions, political/can be discussed elsewhere, etc.)

Those and the endless duplicate submissions of the same story, by people too lazy to spare the couple of seconds needed to check whether it's already been submitted [often several times!].

I browse HN by the '/newest' page, so every time something hits the news I see it repeated over and over again on the first few pages. Even though people assure me that the HN software filters out duplicates, it's simply not true

As regards the spammy and/or junk submissions; I use a TamperMonkey script that allows me to add domains to a blacklist and sets those submissions to 'display:none'. So that allows me to pre-filter what shows up on the page.