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Ask HN: Should Show HN posts be links or text?
It used to be that Show HNs were posted as a URL. Now it seems like some folks post with text instead, with the URL and some context in the text description.
Has there been a change in policy, or is there an official position on this? Is there a difference in how these different types of posts perform?
- dredmorbius 4y agoWhat are Ask HN and Show HN? Ask HN lists questions and other text submissions. Show HN is for sharing your personal work and has special rules. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html Show HN (Has general guidelines. Please read them) https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html The above links to "special rules": Posts without URLs get penalized, so when you submit, put your link in the URL field and leave the text field blank. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336638