Sorry, I thought ShowHN was meant to be about sharing my work so that others can play around with it, and so that I could get useful feedback for improvement. Is that not so?
> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
So, explicitly by the guidelines, no because that's all you're doing.
You also don't need to post the same thing many times to get your feedback. You had one that did well. Please stop.
> they are different programs, each of which took time to make.
I think we all agree about that, but they are too similar for the HN standard. The rules are not very clear, but my sugestión is to wait at least a week (or a month, better a month). Other wise people will get angry and flag your post. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40959114 already got a nice discussion and 60 points (+1 mine now!).
You can email dang hn@ycombinator,com to get an official clarification.
Another suggestion is to add to the webpage a link to your site, so people that like one can go and find the others.
Thank you very much for your suggestions. I think I am beginning to understand the community standards around here now. I would like to apologise again though, I hadn’t realised that my posts were too promotional.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 34.4 ms ] thread> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
So, explicitly by the guidelines, no because that's all you're doing.
You also don't need to post the same thing many times to get your feedback. You had one that did well. Please stop.
But still, my posts are not 'the same thing', they are different programs, each of which took time to make.
> they are different programs, each of which took time to make.
I think we all agree about that, but they are too similar for the HN standard. The rules are not very clear, but my sugestión is to wait at least a week (or a month, better a month). Other wise people will get angry and flag your post. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40959114 already got a nice discussion and 60 points (+1 mine now!).
You can email dang hn@ycombinator,com to get an official clarification.
Another suggestion is to add to the webpage a link to your site, so people that like one can go and find the others.