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As far as I'm aware, it's perfectly fine to link to discussion on HN, but not okay to explicitly ask for upvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http
by csallen 10y ago
As far as I'm aware, it's perfectly fine to link to discussion on HN, but not okay to explicitly ask for upvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- minimaxir 10y agoThen why did you include a picture of the submission in that tweet? Also you ignored the first picture which clearly shows your account.
- csallen 10y agoCorrect, because the first picture is not explicitly asking upvotes either, but asking for comments. And I include pictures (or at least emojis) in as many tweets as I can.
- dang 10y agoWhy link to /newest rather than the actual discussion?
- csallen 10y agoBecause if someone decides to upvote of their own volition then I want it to count, and not be discounted because I linked them to it when they might have found it on their own. If that goes against the spirit of the rules then I can abstain in the future, but at the same time it's a disincentive to ever directly linking a thread.