Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

#1

Post by keywonc » Mon, May 30, 2016, 8:14 AM UTC

My friend had posted the project here without asking me and then deleted the post.

Could it be the reason why my submission doesn't appear? Am I doomed from submitting it to Show HN now?

This is what I submitted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11800148. It was titled "Show HN: Goodbye Gun Stocks."

Re: Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

#2

Post by keywonc » Mon, May 30, 2016, 8:41 AM UTC

It appears my account is ok, so I am guessing my domain has been blocked.

Re: Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

#3

Post by shilman » Mon, May 30, 2016, 8:43 AM UTC

keywonc wrote: post #2

It appears my account is ok, so I am guessing my domain has been blocked.

When I turn on showdead in my profile settings I can see your post marked as [dead]. So it is a problem with the domain.

See this post for details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1691145

Re: Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

#4

Post by keywonc » Mon, May 30, 2016, 8:47 AM UTC

shilman wrote: post #3

keywonc wrote: post #2

It appears my account is ok, so I am guessing my domain has been blocked.

When I turn on showdead in my profile settings I can see your post marked as [dead]. So it is a problem with the domain. See this post for details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1691145

Thanks for checking. So it's really been blocked!

It could have been my friend, or a anyone else -- in our case there are (pro-gun) people who are hostile toward our project as well.

This is really unfortunate, if it's so easy for anyone to sabotage your domain or project.

Re: Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

#5

Post by gus_massa » Mon, May 30, 2016, 12:08 PM UTC

Another possible explanation is that the automatic spam filter detected some strange pattern, for example a lot of upvotes from just created accounts. Did you share the HN post in tweeter or something?

Re: Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

#6

Post by DanBC » Mon, May 30, 2016, 12:15 PM UTC

For this kind of thing it's always a better idea to email hn. hn@ycombinator.com

They don't get to see everything, and will probably miss this.

And dang is always happy to fix things if there are problems, and to let you know what's happened.