Hacker News differentiates between community members who post links from a variety of sources vs outsiders who never were interested in HN until they decided to promote their blog.
It is OK to promote your blog but if you just want to promote your blog and never participate in the community your posts all start out [dead]. Be a community member instead.
Why can't you just post a link like a member of the HN community would?
I posted a comment with the article link since we can't post substack articles as links ( I think)
Link: https://aayushig950.substack.com/p/what-makes-a-feature-usef...
Here's the rookie mistake you're making.
Hacker News differentiates between community members who post links from a variety of sources vs outsiders who never were interested in HN until they decided to promote their blog.
It is OK to promote your blog but if you just want to promote your blog and never participate in the community your posts all start out [dead]. Be a community member instead.