Ask HN: Stricter Submission Guidelines? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Stricter Submission Guidelines?

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Post by xtrumanx » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 7:21 PM UTC

_random_ wrote: post #10

It would be nice to limit the number of JavaScript-related posts per day as well.

How is that a problem? OP was complaining about user promoting their own websites constantly.

Or is it that you're uninterested in JS-related posts?

I personally don't like anything Apple-related; be it WWDC, new products, changes in pricing or policies, daringfireball (especially), or even an app some enterprising fellow happen to release to the App Store.

My trick is to simply ignore the lot of them and move on to the next link. If you feel the front page is dominated by stuff you don't find interested, make sure you check out the new queue and vote in the things you are interested in.

Re: Ask HN: Stricter Submission Guidelines?

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Post by tinkerrr » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 10:42 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #7

The other users who have replied to you have it right, but I'll add that in case of spam we go much further and start banning things. The line between "spam" and "thin content" isn't precisely defined, of course. Some but not all of this is automated. We're working on automating more of it. All: when you notice stuff like this, hn@ycombinator is your friend. We always look into it closely, if not immediately, and we…

Thanks for this information. Sorry I didn't know about hn@ycombinator, otherwise would have just emailed them. In any case, I hope at least one other person learned something new today!

Re: Ask HN: Stricter Submission Guidelines?

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Post by jaredsohn » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 10:49 PM UTC

tomek_zemla wrote: post #9

Somewhat related... When making new submissions I use your search feature to check if somebody already submitted the same (and often find it is the case...). Could this be automated by warning users on the submit page after the enter the link into the text field? It's kind of painful to do the search then sort by date manually. IMHO it is a simple way to avoid duplicates...

If the URL is exactly the same, the search is unnecessary since it just adds a vote to the existing submission.

Re: Ask HN: Stricter Submission Guidelines?

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Post by krapp » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 10:51 PM UTC

tomek_zemla wrote: post #9

Somewhat related... When making new submissions I use your search feature to check if somebody already submitted the same (and often find it is the case...). Could this be automated by warning users on the submit page after the enter the link into the text field? It's kind of painful to do the search then sort by date manually. IMHO it is a simple way to avoid duplicates...

When you submit a site, HN should show you a list of the closest matches to that submission as a preview and give you the opportunity to just reply to one of the existing threads. Although for this to work, I think Hacker News' URL matching might have to be a bit stronger, and maybe include something like metadata collection.