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PSA: nominating yourself in threads like this is pretty tactless.

• brynet 8y ago
  Guilty.
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• willow9886 8y ago
  Why? If an author or maintainer of a FOSS project wants to highlight their own work, so the community might too benefit, what's the issue?
  • jstarfish 8y ago
    This isn't a Show HN post with an open bandwagon. It's about nominating underrecognized achievers, the recognizance of which is only objectively done by someone other than the subject in question.
  • hutzlibu 8y ago
    Well, calling yourself a unsung hero ... is maybe a bit, well, low. Usually others judge, who is a hero.
• ljw1001 8y ago
  Calling people tactless after they've worked their asses off building something they give to strangers for free is more tactless.
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• justinclift 8y ago
  I'm ok with being tactless, if it highlights something important. :) eg I just pointed out the project (DB Browser for SQLite) that I've been helping out for years. We're widely used, people say very good things about us, and we could definitely use more funding. ;)