I fail to see how posting thoughtful writing on hacker news is self promotion. I don’t see a way you are profiting or soliciting money.
It seems these sorts of articles are exactly what people come here for.
Although…
“There is little that I have read on the internet that I have found to be worth reading... and what is worth reading is not worth sharing.”
Why would you attempt to share your writing with the sorts of simple idiots who read things on the internet? I recommend that you retreat to your ivory tower in the depths of the wasteland and write your profound musings in a calfskin bound vellum book on a pedestal in your extensive and impressive library.
It's fine, go ahead! Lots of people only post links to their own articles. I don't think this is what the rules and mods mean when they talk of "promotion".
My solution; consider submitting articles instead. There are a lot of good-faith HN users that don't comment or engage with the community at all besides submitting thoughtful writing or interesting websites. You sound like someone that sifts through a lot of stuff, I'm sure you're privy to a few niche resources that we'd all enjoy.
The rule mostly exists to stop people from using HN as a blog. It's no problem to submit your own stuff as long as it's mixed in with other intellectually gratifying submissions.
My problem is that I am the exact opposite of someone who "sifts through a lot of stuff".
There is little that I have read on the internet that I have found to be worth reading... and what is worth reading is not worth sharing.
My only other post on HN was 11 months ago (that was one of the aforementioned Microcorruption writeups). Since then, I count only one article that I read and thought "this should go on HN". I did not post it, but I distinctly recall thinking that I should.
That one instance aside, I have nothing to share that does not originate in my own head.
I think I put a lot more effort into my self promotion than most people, but that does not change the fact that it is self promotion.
Hence, the question.
I am not sure HN is the right platform to do what I want to do; I just don't see any better options that I can even post on.
I fail to see how posting thoughtful writing on hacker news is self promotion. I don’t see a way you are profiting or soliciting money.
It seems these sorts of articles are exactly what people come here for.
Although… “There is little that I have read on the internet that I have found to be worth reading... and what is worth reading is not worth sharing.”
Why would you attempt to share your writing with the sorts of simple idiots who read things on the internet? I recommend that you retreat to your ivory tower in the depths of the wasteland and write your profound musings in a calfskin bound vellum book on a pedestal in your extensive and impressive library.
It's fine, go ahead! Lots of people only post links to their own articles. I don't think this is what the rules and mods mean when they talk of "promotion".
It's not fine; the moderators eventually ban them.
Have a website?
See the "about" section in my HN profile.
My solution; consider submitting articles instead. There are a lot of good-faith HN users that don't comment or engage with the community at all besides submitting thoughtful writing or interesting websites. You sound like someone that sifts through a lot of stuff, I'm sure you're privy to a few niche resources that we'd all enjoy.
The rule mostly exists to stop people from using HN as a blog. It's no problem to submit your own stuff as long as it's mixed in with other intellectually gratifying submissions.
My problem is that I am the exact opposite of someone who "sifts through a lot of stuff".
There is little that I have read on the internet that I have found to be worth reading... and what is worth reading is not worth sharing.
My only other post on HN was 11 months ago (that was one of the aforementioned Microcorruption writeups). Since then, I count only one article that I read and thought "this should go on HN". I did not post it, but I distinctly recall thinking that I should.
That one instance aside, I have nothing to share that does not originate in my own head.
I think I put a lot more effort into my self promotion than most people, but that does not change the fact that it is self promotion.
Hence, the question.
I am not sure HN is the right platform to do what I want to do; I just don't see any better options that I can even post on.
You can try but if you post a link to your website in every comment you will be downvoted and get comments flagged until you are shadowbanned.