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Ask HN: what are the best practices for Show HN?

• marc0 12y ago
  hmmm ... I'd say: have something to show
• dang 12y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7794632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7794632
  • kinj28 12y ago
    what works best in show hn? url submission?
    • dang 12y ago
      Yes.
      • ig1 12y ago
        fyi. Show HN's have historically followed the pattern of being self-posts describing the product/background with links posted in the comments. (based on what I recall seeing rather than crunching the data)
        • kinj28 12y ago
          i have seen show hn with urls with more traction. however, i need validation.
          • deleted 12y ago
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          • soneca 12y ago
            IIRC "no-URL posts" are pennalized on the front page. I would go with the URL...
            • kinj28 12y ago
              i have already made the mistake of non url post a week back & had none giving any bashings or comments. is it ok to do show hn again with the new learnings?
              • dang 12y ago
                Sure. When a story hasn't yet had significant attention on HN, a small number of reposts is ok.
                • kinj28 12y ago
                  Thanks Dang. this helps.
                  • kinj28 12y ago
                    1 more question, is saturday a good day to do Show Hn to get the traction or should a weekday be better?
                    • dang 12y ago
                      I have no idea. Sorry.
        • dang 12y ago
          Posts with no url (e.g. "Ask HN"s) have been penalized for years, so it's definitely in one's interests to do a Show HN with a url. As for data, it looks like there have been 23597 posts with "Show HN" in the title in the last 4 years or so, and of those 20731 have had a url. So about 88%.