How does posting to the different HN categories work?
I see some posts in Show HN and Ask HN that don’t start with those strings, so wondering how do they get added to those categories respectively?
Ask HN and Show HN
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Re: Ask HN and Show HN
#2Click submit, add "Ask HN:" to the start of your title, leave the URL blank, write your question in the text box.
Re: Ask HN and Show HN
#3Click submit, add "Ask HN:" to the start of your title, leave the URL blank, write your question in the text box.
How did this one show in Ask HN? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36656331 (just an example, there are more without “Ask HN”
Re: Ask HN and Show HN
#4Re: Ask HN and Show HN
#5Click submit, add "Ask HN:" to the start of your title, leave the URL blank, write your question in the text box.
How did this one show in Ask HN? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36656331 (just an example, there are more without “Ask HN”
That would need a response from the site devs.
Re: Ask HN and Show HN
#6Well, looking at ../show they all start with "Show HN". Those in ../ask are a bit less uniform. So I guess that if it doesn't have a URL and doesn't start "Show HN" it is "Ask HN". I may be wrong.
Re: Ask HN and Show HN
#7Click submit, add "Ask HN:" to the start of your title, leave the URL blank, write your question in the text box.
How did this one show in Ask HN? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36656331 (just an example, there are more without “Ask HN”
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html (the link is at the bottom of most HN pages)
> What are Ask HN and Show HN?
> Ask HN lists questions and other text submissions. Show HN is for sharing your personal work and has special rules.