Ask HN: Is Show HN Dead?

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Is it just me or is Show HN not updating for others either? It seems that new posts do not show up? Or are posts manually approved?

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New Show HNs go to https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew. There's a small point threshold before they make it to https://news.ycombinator.com/show. Does that answer your question?

A bit off-topic ~ I'm new to the community and have been looking for the right place to ask this question:

I recently shared something via Show HN and received a ton of great feedback. Would it violate any rules or etiquette to share the next version of the same project once the feedback has been incorporated?

"New features and upgrades ("Foo 1.3.1 is out") generally aren't substantive enough to be Show HNs. A major overhaul is probably ok."

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

The main thing is not to do post another Show HN too soon. Readers don't like to feel like someone's pushing a submission too hard, and submitters always underestimate how patient they need to be. You need to let the hivemind caches clear.

When you do repost, it would be good to link to the previous HN thread and explain what you've done since then. That will probably make it more interesting, since those who didn't see the earlier thread can go back and reread it.

Thank you so much! This makes sense.

Somehow I managed to miss that, sorry. I hope that came after I asked via email. ^^ Thanks a lot for the clarification!

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