[seiji]

Can we rate limit Ask/Tell/Show HN posts? There are currently seven on the front page (and another nine on the second page). Three on the front page are from this new SomeoneAtHN anonymous account.

Maybe one Ask/Tell/Show allowed per user every week?

[DeusExMachina]

As I read on the unofficial FAQ to HN by jacquesm, "self" posts have a quite heavy weight on them. It's harder for them to get to the front page and they fall out of it faster than normal ones.

I think that this is enough and we don't need any more limits. Moreover some of them are really good and insightful in my opinion, so I don't feel the need of a limit at all.

[JoachimSchipper]

Meh, it'll fall off the page soon enough if it's not interesting.

[elbenshira]

I think this is a legit concern, but there isn't enough evidence that this trend will continue.

[petercooper]

Yeah, no fads roll on for more than a few days here despite people believing they will. Even around the iPad keynote and launch, it blew past after a few days (ended by a flood of Erlang related posts, I recall).