I'm here to ask is self promotion allowed here? I mean can I share news from my website?
Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
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Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#2I think so yes, and if you are building something cool, then you can use Show HN so it goes under the 'show' category.
Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#3Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#4I think so yes, and if you are building something cool, then you can use Show HN so it goes under the 'show' category.
If my site is technology based, will I be allowed to share news here?
Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#5See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Specifically:
Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to submit your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
I think the key word is "primarily". From what I've seen over the years here on HN, a certain measure of self-promotion is totally fine and even expected. But it's not considered cool to spam the site with your own self-promotional stuff all the time.
Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#6I think so yes, and if you are building something cool, then you can use Show HN so it goes under the 'show' category.
If my site is technology based, will I be allowed to share news here?
My personal, subjective, non-official interpretation, based on my experience here over the years:
If you're submitting (a) link(s) to your own stuff everyday, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you submit your own stuff once a week, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you're submitting your own stuff once a month, I doubt anybody would much notice or care. If you're submitting your own stuff once every couple of months or so, you're probably fine.
Again, totally non-official, but I think that's a useful approximation.
Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
If my site is technology based, will I be allowed to share news here?
My personal, subjective, non-official interpretation, based on my experience here over the years: If you're submitting (a) link(s) to your own stuff everyday, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you submit your own stuff once a week, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you're submitting your own stuff once a month, I doubt anybody would much notice or care. If you're submitting your own stuff once every c…
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 this as well
Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#8See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Specifically: Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to submit your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity. I think the key word is "primarily". From what I've seen over the years here on HN, a certain measure of self-promotion is totally fine and even expected. But it's not considered cool to spam the site with your own self-promotional stuff all the time.
Simply saying:
Use Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/show
Here are the rules for Show HN rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
Good luck.
Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
My personal, subjective, non-official interpretation, based on my experience here over the years: If you're submitting (a) link(s) to your own stuff everyday, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you submit your own stuff once a week, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you're submitting your own stuff once a month, I doubt anybody would much notice or care. If you're submitting your own stuff once every c…
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 enough and can fly under the radar. I'd not be surprised if it get's banned eventually.
Re: Ask HN: Is self promotion allowed here?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
My personal, subjective, non-official interpretation, based on my experience here over the years: If you're submitting (a) link(s) to your own stuff everyday, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you submit your own stuff once a week, it's probably going to raise eyebrows. If you're submitting your own stuff once a month, I doubt anybody would much notice or care. If you're submitting your own stuff once every c…
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: