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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

by 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%.