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Ask HN: Isn't it a little lame to submit your own work to HN?

4 points by mihasya ↗ HN
I thought the purpose of the site is to aggregate links that people in the community find "interesting." Shouldn't it be a prerequisite that someone at least semi-impartial finds it interesting before it makes it on here? Perhaps I misunderstand the site...

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iamdave
Not entirely, no. Some people need input and an unbiased pair of eyes on their startups, and this is a great place to get it, or someone who posts a blog entry they think others might find interesting or beneficial, it's worse not to share your knowledge with others.
davidw
Why should it be lame to point to my own work? There's nothing wrong with that at all. A lot of things people are linking to are projects or writing that they have invested some serious time or thought in. They ought to be proud to point out what they've done.
noodle
i think he means more like the people who submit every blog post to HN/reddit/digg,etc.

i enjoy looking at people's hard work and projects. i don't necessarily enjoy a new submission for every little opinion someone has. thats what comments are for.

leftnode
No, I don't think so, especially if it's something you've worked long an hard on, or if its a piece of open source software that you want to share.

Or, you never know, you may find something that you really need from an Ask HN submission.

nirmal
I have posted a few scripts that I have created and found useful. These weren't to show off but just because I thought others might find them useful. I don't even care if they get voted up to the front page I just want other people to point out flaws.
bkbleikamp
This has been discussed before. I think the consensus was if your own writing is good, submit it, if other think it's good, they'll vote for it.

As long as people aren't gaming the system, who cares?

siong1987
"the community find "interesting"."

You already got the answer yourself. You can actually submit whatever you want in HN.

The community will decide which is the best.

bemmu
For me half the point of HN is discovering what other people are working on and trying to give them useful comments about their work. The other half is finding interesting articles to read.