[tkellogg]

Whelp, it took an hour for this to quickly rise on the front page and then get shadow banned. I guess that says something.

[elpocko]

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.

Since you exclusively post on HN for self-promotion, flagging your submissions on sight is the right thing to do.

[tkellogg]

how is this self promotion? What am I promoting? This post is literally rooted in curiosity, to the core.

[n2d4]

Not shadow-banned, it got flagged. Read the comments to understand why some readers flagged it.