I created a new account, posted legit content, and none of the content appeared until ~5 days later.
> it will not kill you
How do you know it will not kill me?
What if I don't have to pay this month's rent and launching the site today instead of five days later amounts to $500? Both of these are true for me right now. The creators of HN can't possibly know the cost to a user to post something.
How did you estimate that "it will not kill me" also means it will not kill my spirits to not try again? How do you measure this cost?
> Nothing springs to mind that is that important that:
Merely because nothing springs to mind isn't proof that no such thing exists.
> What specifically did you have in mind?
I have different things in mind for different sites.