Ask HN: How is /ask generated?
On the submission page, there doesn't seem to be any place to semantically designate the submission as an "ask" link, so does the /ask page just list all the submissions that match some regex, like /^[a-zA-Z]+ HN: /?
If you put anything in the Text field, then the Url information disappears and the submission is added to the /ask list (and to the normal list).
The Title doesn’t matter. It’s usual to put “Ask HN:” for general questions, “Ask PG:” for questions to pg and “Show HN:” for personal projects. But the Tittle doesn’t affect whether the submission goes or doesn’t go to the /ask page.
if you put "why blah blah ... " as title that seems to also get put into Ask HN