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Increase Productivity in Task Management (a.k.a. Boards)

1 points by cogency ↗ HN
Sometimes task management ( aka Boards ) can get out of hand, with many columns spanning all across the canvas. That can make the overview of entire project quite difficult. That is where column minimization comes in handy!

I have posted a "How-To" blog post to showcase the feature! https://cogency.io/blog/how-to-minimize-a-column-in-boards-

If anyone wants to try it, please use the FREEMONTH coupon to get 100% off

https://cogency.io

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smoldesu
Hi, this isn't a site for personal advertisement. Maybe try reading the guidelines before posting next time, thank you.
cogency
I was not trying to advertise, I was asking the community for help!!!
smoldesu
Judging by your previous posts, you seem to have a misunderstanding of what the site is used for. Like I said, reading over the guidelines could probably give you a better idea of what gets posted on here.
cogency
Ok, so how do I get unblacklisted?
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yorwba
If you look at the bottom of the page, in addition to "Guidelines" and "FAQ" (which you should read) there's a "Contact" link that allows you to contact the moderators. They're nice people, so if you can convince them that you'll use the site differently from now on (e.g. posting less of your own stuff, posting more of other people's stuff that you came across randomly and found interesting) they might decide to make your submissions visible again.

But if you don't want to change what you post about, it might be a better idea to look for some other place to post it.

gus_massa
I'm not sure why it was downvoted, because dang posted very similar advice in the past. (Perhaps the tone is a little aggressive?)
gus_massa
The problem with this post is that it's too short. It explains only a feature in your site, and it's not a knowledge transferable to other sites. Also, the solution is just to click in the obvious spot.

Only posting about your stuff is discouraged here, but if the post are interesting people will turn a blind eye. It's difficult to be sure how interesting are your own post, but at least you can easily check the length. Not too short, not too long. Add some relevant photos or graphics for bonus points.

It's easy to explain with an example. For example, bemmu had (has?) a small business, you subscribe to get a monthly package with weird candy from Japan. He posted from time to time blogs post about problems he had to solve in his business. For example how to (not) use advertisement in Youtube, or how to deal with credit card fraud, or how to repackage a thousand of candies. The first two are interesting because they may give ideas for other business, the last one is just one of the weird interesting articles that are good for HN.

Take a look at https://hn.algolia.com/?q=candy+japan and try to copy the length and style. (Perhaps it's a very high bar for starting, but try to aim for something like this.)

EDIT: Note that bemmu also post other stuff and is active in unrelated threads.

_Microft
For your information, your postings are being automatically hidden from others by now. I guess this is because you have been promoting your own page almost exclusively in these submissions and discussions. This is discouraged and obviously the system caught it and started moderating it automatically.

"Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity."

This is from the guidelines for new submissions. You can find these and rules for discussions here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html