Is it ok to repost my “failed” Show HN?

The FAQ[0] says a small number of reposts is OK.

> Are reposts ok?

> If a story has had significant attention in the last year or so, we kill reposts as duplicates. If not, a small number of reposts is ok.

If you want to be even more certain, write a blog post and submit that.

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[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

From your profile I saw you posted "Jargonaut", looks like a great project and I would hardly call it a failure. I really like the name (juggernaut & jargon), it's also a problem which all companies deal with... jargon!

From what I've seen, the most popular "Show HN" posts are released at the right point in time. You can see that some projects get reposted once or twice with no comments then they randomly explode with comments one day. But it does get annoying when people repost their same project every month or so.

My advice is to post the project when it's been updated... and with luck it'll take off!

Jargonaut looks pretty interesting. I was on a team once where the lack of a shared glossary really slowed down development of the process. It's easy to make a glossary in a shared document, or as part of a larger project-management application. But the lack of a specific tool used for maintaining a glossary might make it easy to overlook the need for one. I was a teacher working at a school trying to implement a new model of education, so this isn't just about programming teams.

I have no idea if people would pay for this, but I think it could certainly generate a more thoughtful discussion than what I saw on this weekend's post.

Now is okay.

If it again doesn't get attention, wait a few months for the next submission, I'd say.

I won't complain.

i think it's ok. as long as you don't abuse it too much.