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Ask HN: Uploaded a post and it was [dead] within a minute

4 points by _ananos_ 7mo ago

Just published a blog post -- when I am logged in I get the entry appearing in the <new> section, but when I log out, I don't see it at all -- I asked a colleague to check, and it seems it got flagged as [dead]. Can you help me understand what was wrong so that it doesn't happen again? thanks!

jjgreen 7mo ago
That "autodead" is usually for sites which require login (and no workaround), heavily spammy sites or from new users. None of those seems to be the case, may be worth emailing the HN admins. I've vouched in the meantime.
- _ananos_ 7mo ago
  thanks for your comment & suggestion! I'll drop the HN admins an email to make sure I'm not missing anything.
- cebert 7mo ago
  I have also seen people auto dead because they only promote their own blog or website repetitively.
  - jjgreen 7mo ago
    Likewise, but usually when the user only posts links, few comments. But the OP is a regular commenter and this only their second submission. Looks unusual to me.
genezeta 7mo ago
Ok, I vouched too and now it's not [dead].
- _ananos_ 7mo ago
  indeed! thanks for that. Could it be a malformed SEO/robots whatever these things are called from our website?
  - genezeta 7mo ago
    If I had to guess, I'd say the submission title is not very good, not very descriptive. Not only that, but you submitted it with a title that is different from the title on the site. That's usually not a good idea.
    - _ananos_ 7mo ago
      thanks, good to know!