Re:Can't Publish Link
by anenefan on Saturday September 26, 2026 @08:37PM
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This is an area that in some respects is reflective of the net late 90's and early 00's. There's an expectation of a polite procedure ... human eyes will sit and read and arrive at a rough consensus what works, and certain things that might not. Now I would assume you have read the sites guidelines and whatnot after joining almost 2 months ago ... and plenty of topics in Ask have popped up about certain difficulties so I guess the link is not one to your blog - thus the link is most likely to be to a site the forum's algorithms has already blocked.
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Re:Can't Publish Link
by kaizencode on Sunday September 27, 2026 @02:37PM
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Hello, to you too !
Thanks for the feedback, but it's just an article from my personal blog. The system error points to my account status, not a blocked domain.
What was the system error message?
Re:Can't Publish Link
by kaizencode on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @06:41AM
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i get this as error message : "Sorry, your account isn't able to submit this site."
Yes doing a quick search [1] it's now apparently a more frequent error message for those trying to post show HN threads, especially if it's from a new account - so specifically the automatic filters are not liking your blog site.
Also your account looks like it's unused and you have not commented that much in that time - a guess is one of the algorithms used to filter fluff has taken that into account as well.
It is probably time to email the staff at HN for a bit of help. From what I've read, a little self promotion - proportionate though to other submissions, is ok - but it's got to be something that might be of interest.
Too many bot accounts just want to do promotion only and have near or no interaction with the membership at large which is why these additional filters have been introduced / tightened.