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So, Tara from YC told me that the problem was that the post set off the voting ring detector. We don't have anything like a voting ring, but we obviously did
by bobfunk 13y ago
So, Tara from YC told me that the problem was that the post set off the voting ring detector.
We don't have anything like a voting ring, but we obviously did tell people about launching BitBalloon in a Show HN. Seems we shouldn't have done that.
This might be a reason ShowHN posts seem to be penalized in general, I imagine it's the norm to tell your friends when you launch a whole new product...
- yo-mf 13y agoProblems may arise when you send out a direct link to an article. When friends go directly to that article from the URL you provided, that could possible be setting off triggers. Better to just have people search for the post string or just direct to the "New" submissions and scroll down to article. This is only my suspicion, but it seems to be the case based on observations with submission behavior and article ranking.