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Ask HN: Was My Post Stealth Banned?
I just posted this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20287021
I can see it on the newest page when logged in but not in incognito. It doesn't show as flagged or dead when I'm logged in.
I mistakenly named the post "8 Tips for Smoother Code Review" because that was the article name. I then realized that starting a post with a number is against HN guidelines. I quickly changed the name to "Some Tips for Smoother Code Review". But the post is still invisible.
Am I doing something wrong? This post seems relevant to the HN community.
Can I delete it and repost it or will that make me look like a spammer?
- tiniuclx 7y agoIt shows up as [dead] on my end, as does this thread. You might want to contact the moderators and convince them you're not a spammer. Your most recent links all seem to be promoting your own content, so maybe that's what they took issue with.
- mtmail 7y agoI clicked 'vouch' now which makes the [dead] go away.
- adamlangsner 7y agoThanks.Is promoting your own content frowned upon even if the content is relevant to HN and created in good faith?
- mtmail 7y agoUsers submitting their own websites or blog posts is absolutely normal (and expected). I'd say a previous submission got flagged and with very low karma (upvotes, <5) there was some kind of threshold which puts all new submissions on hold ([dead]) until another user with high karma vouches for it. I'm not a moderator, it's my observation only. Blog post is relevant, just seems to have falled through the cracks when nobody vouched fast enough.
- adamlangsner 7y agoThanks for the explanation and the vouch. I think I had a post a few years ago that got flagged because I was more naive about posting on HN back then (guess I'm still pretty naive :)).
- tiniuclx 7y agoI have also vouched for this post. Hope that sorts it out, you seem human enough :)
- adamlangsner 7y ago:))) That's what my mom tells me.