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Hacker News' policy is that some self-promotion is allowed, but it can't be the focus of most of your posts. There are people who occasionally post their own ar
by ChrisGranger 2y ago
Hacker News' policy is that some self-promotion is allowed, but it can't be the focus of most of your posts. There are people who occasionally post their own articles and such but if the majority of their posts are interesting other things, nobody complains (much).
On the other hand, I've flagged items lately that were posted three times in a day by a new user who apparently hadn't read the submission guidelines. That just looks like spam, even if they're "on-topic" for the HN crowd.
- kugurerdem 2y agoI think the important point of the essay was that as long as you are not exploiting anything and trying to add value to the platform, it should not matter whether you are promoting yourself or not. And yeah, I think HN does a good job of balancing the measures taken against spammers/exploiters vs. providing a place for you to share your essays.