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A comment on Ask HN: Is it frowned upon to post things on HN that I’ve written?.

Re:Ask HN: Is it frowned upon to post things on HN that I’ve... by mindcrime on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:21PM (#30110375)
I mostly agree with @PaulHoule... if you post some of your own stuff here and there, that's probably going to be fine. If you post nothing but your own stuff, and you post it all. the. freaking. time., then yeah, people are going to get annoyed and I wouldn't be surprised if you wind up shadow-banned or something.

HN has always had a culture of accepting a certain level of self-promotion, but on the other hand, HN is not your personal platform for pitching/espousing/proselytizing/whatever.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it frowned upon to post things on HN that I’ve... by the_only_law on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:27PM (#30110409)
This is even noted in the guidelines.

> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.

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