You have to say things people like enough for them to upvote you 500 times. Then you're accepted into the pack and given the keys to the downvote button... but it only works on comments. You're not allowed to downvote stories.
It's easy to reach. Just say enough interesting, informative, or entertaining things to convince people that you're worth attention. Then spend 500-1000 seeing if people catch on.
You can submit stories with a new account. Press submit at the top.
You can also link to your site in the comments (although it better be relevant to the discussion, or you'll probably get voted down into oblivion as spam!)
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 14.1 ms ] threadIt's easy to reach. Just say enough interesting, informative, or entertaining things to convince people that you're worth attention. Then spend 500-1000 seeing if people catch on.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1852560
Here's a link and an up-vote in case you want to add some.
http://ycombinator.com/images/graydown.gif
You can also link to your site in the comments (although it better be relevant to the discussion, or you'll probably get voted down into oblivion as spam!)