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Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on web application deployment by jrochkind1 on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:31PM (#29542665)
The HN guidelines[1] say:

> Don't solicit upvotes, comments, or submissions. Users should vote and comment when they run across something they personally find interesting—not for promotion.

I believe that means that asking people to leave positive comments on a post is something the guidelines ask you not to do.

But I would agree that, for instance, just posting on your social media "I posted this on HN, check out the comments" by itself should probably be fine, and might result in the same behavior, it's kind of a fuzzy line.

Please don't actually ask people to leave positive comments though. Or post something that you hope people read-between-the-lines the same way.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on web application deployment by powvans on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:48PM (#29542871)
The same guidelines that you linked also say:

> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email [email protected] and we'll look at the data.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on web application deployment by jrochkind1 on Monday December 13, 2021 @02:25PM (#29543318)
true!
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