fyi. Show HN's have historically followed the pattern of being self-posts describing the product/background with links posted in the comments.
(based on what I recall seeing rather than crunching the data)
i have seen show hn with urls with more traction. however, i need validation.
IIRC "no-URL posts" are pennalized on the front page. I would go with the URL...
i have already made the mistake of non url post a week back & had none giving any bashings or comments. is it ok to do show hn again with the new learnings?
Sure. When a story hasn't yet had significant attention on HN, a small number of reposts is ok.
Thanks Dang. this helps.
1 more question, is saturday a good day to do Show Hn to get the traction or should a weekday be better?
I have no idea. Sorry.
Posts with no url (e.g. "Ask HN"s) have been penalized for years, so it's definitely in one's interests to do a Show HN with a url.
As for data, it looks like there have been 23597 posts with "Show HN" in the title in the last 4 years or so, and of those 20731 have had a url. So about 88%.