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A comment on Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was nuked. Why?.

Re:Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was ... by jgrahamc on Monday April 02, 2012 @10:19AM (#3788199)
The most likely explanation is that your story was 'flagged' by people. I could understand how this could happen, if you read what you wrote again with the eyes of a stranger you might see that to some people it could come across as spam. You talk about some sites you have built but there is no technical content and it's not clear that it's anything other than an advertisement for your sites.
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Re:Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was ... by ch0wn on Monday April 02, 2012 @10:26AM (#3788237)
Is there any resource explaining how flagging works on HN? To me it has always been a black box. Is there a manual reviewing process involved or is it all automatic?
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Re:Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was ... by jgrahamc on Monday April 02, 2012 @10:33AM (#3788280)
The guidelines have this to say:

Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was ... by DanLivesHere on Monday April 02, 2012 @10:27AM (#3788240)
Should I resubmit it?

There's no technical content because it was me sharing a marketing strategy which worked for me (and besides, I'm not a dev). I don't want to come off as a spammer and resub something which already got nuked, but on the other hand, I find it mind boggling that it got nuked in the first place.

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Re:Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was ... by DanBC on Monday April 02, 2012 @10:42AM (#3788328)
No! Don't re-submit the same content.

I'm not sure why your post was killed. Personally I'd prefer to read someone sharing the things they actually did in an HN post than read a LIST OF THINGS on an ad-filled blog page.

Perhaps gently consider re-writing the post. Include lots of technical details. Include figures. Maybe charts. I dunno.

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Re:Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was ... by DanLivesHere on Monday April 02, 2012 @10:50AM (#3788358)
Heh.

Thanks, I'm going to pass though :)

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Re:Ask HN: My post just did 10 points in 30 minutes and was ... by hetman on Monday April 02, 2012 @10:44AM (#3788332)
I find it strange this post was downvoted. I'd love some further clarification on what criteria people are applying exactly.
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