Hacker News (Show HN)
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Highest signal-to-noise audience on the internet. A front-page Show HN can outperform a #1 Product Hunt launch — but the bar is unforgiving.
Submission Kit
Required fields
- Title (must start with 'Show HN:') (max 80) *
- URL *
Don't get burned
- Title format: 'Show HN: ${name} – ${tagline}' — no marketing language, no all-caps
- Submit Tue–Thu between 8–10am ET
- Post your origin story as the first comment within 60 seconds of submission
- Engage with EVERY top-level comment in the first 3 hours — silence kills momentum
- Avoid: 'AI', 'revolutionary', 'world's first' — HN sniffs out marketing instantly