Ask HN: You're not allowed to comment/ reply on your own submissions?

1 pointpistoriusp3 comments

I made this submission earlier:

http://corporatecrimereporter.com/barrylynn021310.htm (Two corporations dominate US beer market).

And I'm unable to reply or comment on my own post. In place of reply I see "-----."

That's because it's (rightly) dead.

Was the article in bad taste? I found it rather interesting.

It doesn't have to be in bad taste to be thrown out, the criterium is that it is 'not hackernews', which is loosely defined as stuff that has nothing whatsoever to do with hacking and so will not be of interest to the large majority of those visiting here.

Switch 'showdead' to on and browse the new page for a while, you'll get the idea of what makes the cut and what does not (aside from the outright spam).

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