It's a good question, but there's no definitive answer other than what's stated in the HN Guidelines. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombin

It's a good question, but there's no definitive answer other than what's stated in the HN Guidelines. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > "Please don't submit so many links at once that the new page is dominated by your submissions." With that said, I personally try to always wait at least 1 hour between submissions, and I try to always avoid submitting more than 4 stories from a single source during any given week. I've privately asked our friendly neighborhood moderator, 'dang', if I post too much cruft or two frequently, but he told me "No," but of course, the caveat is to only post stuff that you consider interesting. My interests are my own, and unfortunately, my submissions are not the most exciting or regularly considered interesting to the majority of others on HN. At times, I've wondered if I should stop submitting stuff since my interests are a really poor indicator of what others here tend to find interesting.