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How To's

Official guides

  • Hacker News Guidelines
    • Submissions
      • What to submit
        • Anything that good hackers would find interesting; not necessarily just hacking and startups.
        • "Anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
        • Things covered on TV news are probably off-topic.
      • How to format the title
        • Don't use all-caps, exclamation points, or parenthetical praise in the title.
        • Append [video] or [pdf] to the title for those kinds of submissions.
        • Submit the original source.
        • Crop "10 Ways to (...)" titles to "How to (...)".
        • Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.
    • Comments
      • Be civil.
      • Avoid introducing flamewar topics. [NW: Like what?]
      • Don't sign comments.
      • Don't use all-caps for emphasis; use italics.
      • Don't submit comments that duplicate the effect of the 'flag' feature.
      • Don't comment about being downvoted, invite others to downvote you, or talk about expecting to be downvoted.
  • Hacker News FAQ

    • How are stories ranked?

      • The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way. Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention.

    • How is a user's karma calculated?

      • Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes. The numbers don't match up exactly, because some votes aren't counted to prevent abuse.

    • Can I ask people to upvote my submission?

      • No. Users should vote for a story because it's intellectually interesting, not because someone is promoting it. When the software detects a voting ring, it penalizes the post. Accounts that vote like this eventually get their votes ignored.

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  1. Be one of the first people to write a comment (say, in the first 15 or so comments).
  2. Say something substantial, that other users will find particularly interesting. Like some gold-nugget of wisdom you've learned.
  3. Make your post neither too long nor too short.
    • 1-3 paragraphs is probably the right range.


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