> I wrote a Show HN post, then crossed my fingers... and with luck, the post ended up upvoted, and eventually on the front page of Hacker News.
Well it doesn't help when HN quietly shadow bans your posts. I have been a member of HN since 2013 and have barely submitted like 10 posts over this time. I only comment where I think I can contribute but recently I have realized that HN has shadow bans my posts.
Once I wrote a comment on HN about slippery slope of self hosting apps which I host and people seemed interested. So I decided to write a substack article about it and post it on HN. Guess what, HN shadow banned it because I am not supposed to submit stuff that I wrote but submit things I found on internet interesting.
Then recently I shared a reddit post on an Upwork scam and HN shadow banned it too. smh..
Is your first paragraph a quote or your own comment? I usually post a ">" in front of quotes from articles or other users.
I've seen posts I put up get lots of votes, go to the top position and stay there. I've also seen others go up, then drop off. It stands to reason if someone reports something for a site guidelines violation that it would weigh the article. However, I'm not sure that's how it really works.
You could reference Dang's comments about things like this for more insight. I wish we had the source code of HN to inspect, but then again it's written in a custom language, so I'm not sure I'd understand it!
Either way, this place is usually awesome and they do a good job policing it in a way that it has stayed awesome for a really long time. That's not to say some individuals here and there aren't burned by it. It's just letting go of it that is important. I don't think anyone here has time for long term grudges. If they did, they aren't worth the effort thinking about them.
This place isn't going to make or break you or your idea. The only thing that can do that is you! Good luck and I hope you do well with the writing!
sorry the editing got messed up, this is what I meant to write:
> I wrote a Show HN post, then crossed my fingers... and with luck, the post ended up upvoted, and eventually on the front page of Hacker News.
Well it doesn't help when HN quietly shadow bans your posts. I have been a member of HN since 2013 and have barely submitted like 10 posts over this time. I only comment where I think I can contribute but recently I have realized that HN has shadow bans my posts. Once I wrote a comment on HN about slippery slope of self hosting apps which I host and people seemed interested. So I decided to write a substack article about it and post it on HN. Guess what, HN shadow banned it because I am not supposed to submit stuff that I wrote but submit things I found on internet interesting.
Then recently I shared a reddit post on an Upwork scam and HN shadow banned it too. smh..
thanks for your comment. It's not about grudges but more about the anecdotal experience of the article. There are times when people would post how their post on Reddit helped them get their first sets of users but in recent time, even Reddit wont let you post your own stuff(self-promote) in majority of subreddits. So when there are road blocks like these, it becomes really hard to showcase your work you put so much effort into.
Then recently I shared a reddit post on an Upwork scam and HN shadow banned it too. smh..