Ask HN: My Show HN post won't show. Could it be?

[keywonc]

My friend had posted the project here without asking me and then deleted the post.

Could it be the reason why my submission doesn't appear? Am I doomed from submitting it to Show HN now?

This is what I submitted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11800148. It was titled "Show HN: Goodbye Gun Stocks."

[DanBC]

For this kind of thing it's always a better idea to email hn. [e-mail]

They don't get to see everything, and will probably miss this.

And dang is always happy to fix things if there are problems, and to let you know what's happened.

[gus_massa]

Another possible explanation is that the automatic spam filter detected some strange pattern, for example a lot of upvotes from just created accounts. Did you share the HN post in tweeter or something?

[keywonc]

It appears my account is ok, so I am guessing my domain has been blocked.

[shilman]

When I turn on showdead in my profile settings I can see your post marked as [dead]. So it is a problem with the domain.

See this post for details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1691145

[keywonc]

Thanks for checking. So it's really been blocked!

It could have been my friend, or a anyone else -- in our case there are (pro-gun) people who are hostile toward our project as well.

This is really unfortunate, if it's so easy for anyone to sabotage your domain or project.