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Ask HN: Is it OK to submit your own blog posts on HN?
- rogueleaderr 14y agoI'd say yes. If it's interesting, it's interesting. If it's not, it will float off into the "new queue" ether unread.
- exelib 14y agoI never submit my blog posts to HN (because of my bad english), but definitely yes, it's OK.
- noonespecial 14y agoAbsolutely yes. I'd much prefer a well thought-out blog post to a "Tell HN" or a long rambling comment fired off the cuff. There's plenty of comments that float by when I think to myself "they should have done a blog post about that, it would have been so much better".
- mtgx 14y agoI think so, but I also don't think HN likes to see them from the same source very often, like even daily. Maybe a good one once a week or so?
- laumars 14y agoIf you're submitting your blog post because you think HN readers would enjoy the article, then absolutely. If you're submitting your blog post because you want free advertising, then not really, no. I appreciate there's a fine line between the two (after all, who doesn't want free advertising?), but if HN readers are not interested then the article will quickly drop away without much exposure anyway.
- digitalWestie 14y agoyup- that's what the voting system is for
- eduardordm 14y agoYes, if you think it is interesting. Even if you don't get many upvotes at least 10-20 users will read it. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5152341 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5152341
- fakeer 14y agoYes. If you really think you've there sth that you need/want to share with others. (Anything). But not just for the clicks. And please keep the title 'to the point', not some link-baits. I see many awesome articles on HN after days and (sometimes) weeks. I guess if the authors would themselves share the articles then the quality content can reach us on time as well :-)
- abdophoto 14y agoThe Tech Block is actually a place where you can submit tech-related posts too. http://thetechblock.com http://thetechblock.com