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https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html lists sign-up pages and newsletters as off-topic. Even with zero comments ther
by mtmail 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html lists sign-up pages and newsletters as off-topic. Even with zero comments there was the chance it was deemed not a fit for the Show HN category.
It's curious that on the one hand founders are told to start with something super basic to check user interest, and a landing page promising something (which may or may not exist) is such an option. On the other hand Show HN requires something ready and filter submission that only promise but hide the product.
Link to the archives helps, removing Show HN, too.
- l1am0 6y agoAh thank you. I apparently over read that. My assumption was, it happened because I was not fast enough on responding to comments. Yeah kind weird if that was the reason as the newsletter is the project in itself and not something to check the user interest
- floatingatoll 6y agoIf the newsletter is the project itself, then it isn’t a valid use of “Show HN”, since the guidelines specifically exclude newsletters. If you think that the exclusion only excludes newsletters under circumstances other than your own, you can use the footer Contact link to ask the mods for guidance. They can clarify the intent of the rules, alter the wording in the guidelines to close loopholes, and override community flags if they support your interpretation.