Their site, their property, their business. There are plenty of sites where you can post pretty much whatever you want. HN likely frowns on self-promotion, as

Their site, their property, their business. There are plenty of sites where you can post pretty much whatever you want. HN likely frowns on self-promotion, as it would fast turn an informative news site into a bunch of "look at me!" content few are interested in. Publicly-accessible privately-owned sites are still private, just like stores "open to the public" - you're welcome to come in and participate as the business sees fit, but promoting yourself (unless that's the point of the site) is usually frowned on and not leaving when requested is punishable trespassing. No, they're not "killing your electronic life". Go to networksolutions.com (or wherever), register your own domain, and publish whatever you want (a few generally-accepted legal limitations aside, like libel or obscenity or state secrets). Promote it thru advertising, Twitter, Facebook, etc insofar as you're not violating their standards for objectionable/deniable content. Freedom of the press does not mean freedom to use someone else's press as you see fit.