In fact, imo, even the "Ask HN" feature is a bit of overkill. If you want to post paragraphs with links in them, use Wordpress or Tumblr or Blogger or whatever,

In fact, imo, even the "Ask HN" feature is a bit of overkill. If you want to post paragraphs with links in them, use Wordpress or Tumblr or Blogger or whatever, and submit a link to it. Ah -- no. I've submitted several posts without writing a blog post about them. It feels natural to do so, like I'm conversing with you rather than sending you a letter. It sucks that self posts are automatically weighted "heavier" than normal submissions, so it's harder for them to gain traction and they fall off the page sooner. It feels rather unfair. I'd hate for the feature to go away completely.