I can explain it, but don't consider my explanation authoritative, or for that matter accurate. The problem is the format of your writing. It's essentially indi

I can explain it, but don't consider my explanation authoritative, or for that matter accurate. The problem is the format of your writing. It's essentially indicating low quality content and is using link bait titles. --I know this is not a very nice thing to say, but it is not intended as an insult, and there's very good reason to say it... http://paulgraham.com/nthings.html http://paulgraham.com/nthings.html Additionally, you should reread the guidelines for hacker news: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids." The problem you face is if you get flagged by enough HN users for violating the guidelines, the site gets automatically black listed.