"As for being a newbie and trying to boost my points, I need to apologize. I did not do it simply to promote my blog" I don't think that you deserved any criti

"As for being a newbie and trying to boost my points, I need to apologize. I did not do it simply to promote my blog" I don't think that you deserved any criticism for this: Hacker News is an open site and, at least for now, I don't think you should feel discouraged from submitting. If you start posting random youtube crap I'll reconsider :)