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Those [dead] are not flagged (it would show [flagged]), it's algorithmic. Usually brand new accounts where another old account will need to click 'vouch'. There
by mtmail 3y ago
Those [dead] are not flagged (it would show [flagged]), it's algorithmic. Usually brand new accounts where another old account will need to click 'vouch'. There sometimes aren't enough users browsing the /new queue. Especially all the github repositories became boring to me, for example code that was pushed to github only 5 minutes earlier with no documentation. 'Show HN' is the most misunderstood label and some users use it for blog posts or websites they didn't work on (like a wikipedia).
I remember your website and see it in my browser history so I most likely clicked 'vouch' (browser history doesn't tell).
It has 8 upvotes and not listed on /show. That's usually a sign that friends upvoted. By that I mean accounts who visit hackernews, upvote and then leave again. I'm not saying that happened here, I've just seen this algorithmic behavior in the past, for example I checked twitter and the author posted an 'upvote my submission on $url'. Apparently that's normal for producthunt but discouraged on hackernews. I have no insight into the actual algorithms.
- mtmail 3y agoTry again in a couple of days, different time of day. It helps to add a first comment "Author here, happy to answer questions" or similar. On the https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html page you'll find a link "See these tips". The linked comment was written by one of the moderators.
- romanhn 3y agoThanks for your comments! I asked dang about it, apparently someone flagged by mistake. I may get a second chance, and there's always another time like you said. Cheers!
- gus_massa 3y agoI agree. I took a 10 seconds look at the recent [dead] posts in shownew. Some are clear spam and other are dubious. This one in interesting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37790042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37790042 so I vouched it.
- gus_massa 3y agoToo late to edit: It was already posted by someone else 2 month ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36917719 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36917719 (15 points, 6 comments) and by the owner https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36895204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36895204 (2 points, 0 comments). I'm not sure if that is "significant attention" as it says in the FAQ. Perhaps the owner is posting too many links to his site, but it looks like a nice project and he is not reposting too much to annoy me.