Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

6 points by keywonc 10 years ago | 5 comments

My friend had posted the project here without asking me and then deleted the post.

Could it be the reason why my submission doesn't appear? Am I doomed from submitting it to Show HN now?

This is what I submitted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11800148. It was titled "Show HN: Goodbye Gun Stocks."

DanBC 10 years ago |

For this kind of thing it's always a better idea to email hn. hn@ycombinator.com

They don't get to see everything, and will probably miss this.

And dang is always happy to fix things if there are problems, and to let you know what's happened.

gus_massa 10 years ago |

Another possible explanation is that the automatic spam filter detected some strange pattern, for example a lot of upvotes from just created accounts. Did you share the HN post in tweeter or something?

keywonc 10 years ago |

It appears my account is ok, so I am guessing my domain has been blocked.

shilman 10 years ago | |

When I turn on showdead in my profile settings I can see your post marked as [dead]. So it is a problem with the domain.

See this post for details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1691145

keywonc 10 years ago | | |

Thanks for checking. So it's really been blocked!

It could have been my friend, or a anyone else -- in our case there are (pro-gun) people who are hostile toward our project as well.

This is really unfortunate, if it's so easy for anyone to sabotage your domain or project.