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New to HN, but it was intended to be a question, as stated: Leave url blank to submit a question for discussion. If there is no url, the text (if any) will appe
by rlafranchi 11y ago
New to HN, but it was intended to be a question, as stated: Leave url blank to submit a question for discussion. If there is no url, the text (if any) will appear at the top of the thread.
- ColinWright 11y ago> New to HN, That surprises me, especially since you posted something 237 days ago: Full.social – an idea in the works (full.social) 1 point by rlafranchi 237 days ago | 4 comments Even so, the usual modus operandi[0] is that if you've got an article to share then you submit it in the URL box. If you haven't got a URL to share, but want to say something, share something, or ask a question, then you put it in the text box. Doing what you did has at least two consequences. One is that your item has a "non-URL" penalty in the rankings, so it's less likely to make the Front Page, and if it does, then it will fall off more quickly. The second effect is that people need to copy your URL, then paste it into their browser. It's not clickable, so far, far fewer people will read it in the first place. [0] And no, it's not "modus operandus" : http://ask.metafilter.com/103558/why-not-modus-operandus http://ask.metafilter.com/103558/why-not-modus-operandus
- rlafranchi 11y agoThanks, I've submitted the url. I guess I should have said relatively new to submitting on HN, but not entirely new to reading on HN.