"Less than half" is a good guideline, and I'd stick well below that. You can promote your own work. But that should be within a context of actual engagement w

"Less than half" is a good guideline, and I'd stick well below that. You can promote your own work. But that should be within a context of actual engagement with HN: "your self-posts shouldn't be even close to 50% of what you're doing here" <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41250511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41250511>. (Dang's one of the mods.) Traction's hard, I feel you. Give it time and write good stuff.