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The site kept getting hugged to death, so I'm temporarily adding a free login gate to reduce the traffic load
by greatwave1 6y ago
The site kept getting hugged to death, so I'm temporarily adding a free login gate to reduce the traffic load
- capableweb 6y agoKeep in mind by adding that gate, you're no longer adhering to the guidelines of Show HN. I advise you to read through them before submitting more stories: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- throwaway82828 6y agoIt might be a good idea to understand the guidelines before 'advising others.' The idea for this guideline is not to link to a teaser that can't be used. You can use this. You just need to sign in.
- dang 6y agoIt's sort of in-between. You're right that the rules don't exclude projects that require sign-in to try out. But users don't like it, and it's not encouraged. It's particularly repelling to readers if they click on a Show HN title only to go to a page that contains nothing but a call to sign up.
- dang 6y agoIf the page explained why you added the form and made it clear that people are still welcome to try out the project, it would probably help. Most likely, clicking and encountering nothing but a login form is the reason why people started flagging the submission. When users see a page like that, they pattern-match it to a different kind of submission—a boring corporate promotion designed to collect signups. (We get a lot of those.) Keep in mind that many readers will have clicked before looking at the comments.