Ask HN: New user here – unable to submit a link. Do I just need to wait?

2 points by ursAxZA 7mo ago ↗ HN

I’m new to Hacker News, and I’m unable to submit a link. My account is a few days old (around 5 days). Karma is still low. Is this expected for new accounts? Do I just need to wait longer, or is there something I should do (e.g., verify email, comment first, etc.)?

Thanks for any advice.

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eimrine 7mo ago ↗

Some links tend to become auto-dead, I can see them with [dead] mark and vouch them if I want. But I do not see any of that in your profile. Why not to tell how exactly are you "unable" to do it, maybe some error message.

DamonHD 7mo ago ↗

There has been a lot of very aggressive SPAMming here over the last few weeks, and it would not astonish me if things had been tightened up to mitigate it.

But the forum I was an admin for, for many years imposed a "no links in a hurry" rule to deter the morons in a hurry who SPAM...