There are only 30 slots on the front page and they are highly prized. The fact that an earlier submission of your project spent several hours on the front page

There are only 30 slots on the front page and they are highly prized. The fact that an earlier submission of your project spent several hours on the front page is a great win. Congrats for that! But the guidelines [1] and long-established norms [2] of HN are that the same story/project/topic isn't entitled to take up a front page spot a second time so soon after its initial appearance, unless it clearly "gratifies intellectual curiosity" [3] and contains "significant new information" [4]. So it's nothing personal; it's just how HN has to work to stay interesting and allow exposure for as much different content as possible. You can submit your project again as soon as you've added any interesting new features. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20dupe&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [3] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=gratifies%20intellectual%20curiosity&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [4] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20significant%20new%20information&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...