My main HN account just got banned. I was just reloading the new page too frequently to gauge the rate of new submissions (to see if it was a good time to post). The way I see it, entrepreneurship is all about experimentation and learning how to properly utilize the HN community is just another step in this game. Bummed that my high karma account doesn't work anymore, but oh well. To all others who have been banned in pursuit of success, I salute you.
If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
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Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#2In the future, you can just use the timestamps on the new submission page to gauge the rate of submission.
The "n minutes ago" of the last page on "new" is a reasonable moving average of the current submission rate.
How fast were you reloading the page?
Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#3In the future, you can just use the timestamps on the new submission page to gauge the rate of submission. The "n minutes ago" of the last page on "new" is a reasonable moving average of the current submission rate. How fast were you reloading the page?
Yeah, good call. I probably clicked refresh once a second for 10 seconds. I guess they thought I was DDOS'ing the site.
Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#4In the future, you can just use the timestamps on the new submission page to gauge the rate of submission. The "n minutes ago" of the last page on "new" is a reasonable moving average of the current submission rate. How fast were you reloading the page?
My banning might have also been related to my post links. I submitted the same link today as I did two days ago. But I just submitted it again because I was changing my code from a paid resource to open source. Submitting an open source resource shouldn't trigger spam filters, in my opinion. Kind of frustrating.
Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#5This might be of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4761102
Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#6You can write a SHORT email to pg asking for your account to be unbanned.
Someone wrote a 'best time to post' post, I'll see if I can find it.
Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#7You can write a SHORT email to pg asking for your account to be unbanned. Someone wrote a 'best time to post' post, I'll see if I can find it.
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Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#8I said the title of this topic in my head in a German accent IDK why
Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#9I have a hard time taking this post seriously. The author over estimates the importance of Hacker News in building a business. If Skype kicked you off their service because they found out you were cold calling potential customers for 8 hours a day you can write a similar post.
Re: If you don't getted banned by HN at least once, you aren't trying hard enough
#10I said the title of this topic in my head in a German accent IDK why
Weil es ein bisschen lustiger ist. :)