Re:PDF is not portable in the digital world
by throwaway2016a on Thursday July 06, 2017 @12:13PM
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HN is not a typical aggregator.
HN historical is not a marketing site, it's a forum where technologist share things they find interesting. So any form of self promotion is usually viewed with a bit more critical lens than if it was submitted by a third party. Rightly or wrongly the bar is set higher.
People liked your article (it made it to the front page) but your comment above feel like it is extra "sales" oriented even if the article itself if not about a product.
If you must comment on your own story you should do it as if you were commenting on another user's post, in first person. For example, you could rewrite your comment as:
"I wrote this article because I was frustrated with the poor reading experience when content is delivered in PDF. What do you all think?"
HN historical is not a marketing site, it's a forum where technologist share things they find interesting. So any form of self promotion is usually viewed with a bit more critical lens than if it was submitted by a third party. Rightly or wrongly the bar is set higher.
People liked your article (it made it to the front page) but your comment above feel like it is extra "sales" oriented even if the article itself if not about a product.
If you must comment on your own story you should do it as if you were commenting on another user's post, in first person. For example, you could rewrite your comment as:
"I wrote this article because I was frustrated with the poor reading experience when content is delivered in PDF. What do you all think?"