What to do with a site that accidentally got popular?

Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by babyboy808 on Sunday October 03, 2010 @06:41PM (#1753849)

Why are there alot of people not using the ASK HN or Tell HN: anymore?

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Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by RyanGWU82 on Sunday October 03, 2010 @07:26PM (#1753969)

Nearly everyone does use the "Ask HN" prefix. Based on http://news.ycombinator.com/ask, 87% of all self-posts start with "Ask HN" or something similar. And the prefix's use is trending upward over time.

More to the point, why does it matter?

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Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by evo_9 on Sunday October 03, 2010 @06:47PM (#1753871)

New users really have no idea that is the typical protocol on HN; I know it took me a week or two to notice things like that and then dig up the posting guidelines.

Might be worth having a quick FAQ show up when a user creates a new account to cover the basics like this.

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Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by mrspeaker on Sunday October 03, 2010 @07:48PM (#1754022)

Ooops. Yeah, I went looking for a FAQ - but I figured it must automatically add the "Ask HN" when there was no URL. Sorry!

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Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by Tichy on Sunday October 03, 2010 @06:48PM (#1753873)

I think it is implicit by the item not having an attached URL.

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