Re:Ask HN: What do you think of self-promotion on HN?
by DanielBMarkham on Thursday January 22, 2009 @05:31PM
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Dude.
You're on a board ran by somebody who wrote books and articles about hacking. Every time any of us posts, we're helping somebody else self-promote somewhere down the road.
Life is self-promotion. I can't read a zillion articles looking for you. If you write something we might like, go for it. I want to read it.
I'd much rather have people write and submit their own article than the usual crap we get where one famous person writes something (usually a rant) and the crowd gathers around and cheers. Celebrity does not equal potential relevance -- you might have great ideas to submit on subject X that we'll never hear about unless you submit.
In fact, given my druthers, I'd limit the number of articles we could see from famous writers to only so many per week. After a while, it all starts to look like so much noise. Fresh voices welcome.
You're on a board ran by somebody who wrote books and articles about hacking. Every time any of us posts, we're helping somebody else self-promote somewhere down the road.
Life is self-promotion. I can't read a zillion articles looking for you. If you write something we might like, go for it. I want to read it.
I'd much rather have people write and submit their own article than the usual crap we get where one famous person writes something (usually a rant) and the crowd gathers around and cheers. Celebrity does not equal potential relevance -- you might have great ideas to submit on subject X that we'll never hear about unless you submit.
In fact, given my druthers, I'd limit the number of articles we could see from famous writers to only so many per week. After a while, it all starts to look like so much noise. Fresh voices welcome.