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Is it really true that it's not cool to post your own articles? I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
by alanthonyc 17y ago
Is it really true that it's not cool to post your own articles? I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
- JangoSteve 17y agoI agree in theory, but I guess it can seem more self-promotional than informational, which is contrary to the purpose of these forums.
- mtinkerhess 17y agoI think it's fine to post your own material here. If it's not informational it won't get voted up.
- nopassrecover 17y agoI prefer self-posts - the karma goes to the author.
- ErrantX 17y agoNo it's not true. I've self posted a number of times and I've yet to see a post saying "hey, dont self post"; sometimes they flopped, sometimes they did really well. No one complained :) Indeed the guidelines actually encourages some types of self posting: if you want to add initial commentary on the link, write a blog post about it and submit that instead. (and indeed this very submission seems to meet those guidelines exactly :D)
- JangoSteve 17y agoIt's funny that the discussion on the article kicked off a whole other topic. I was really just trying leave a comment that provided a link to the discussion of the original post. But it's nice hear everyone's thoughts on this. It just goes to show the higher overall maturity level of HN compared to other communities.