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📣 lijunhao

Why my post labled FLAGGED and how to prevent it?


I'm confused why my "Show HN: Command Cheatsheet Client (x-cmd.com)" post was flagged. I understand flagging is important, but I'm unsure what rules I broke.

Could it be because I posted about another x-cmd tool earlier? I see them as separate projects using the x-cmd framework, much like different projects on Github.

Or, is "cheat" considered a negative term?

Also, how many flags are needed to mark a post as "FLAGGED"?


  👤 talldayo Accepted Answer ✓
Probably because you submit from that domain quite often. From the HN guidelines:

> 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.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html