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Post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37990039

The comment is not visible unless I am logged in. Other accounts or anonymous viewership show the post at 0 comments.

The comment is marked as [dead]. This is how HN moderates comments, members can see the "deleted" comments but they are locked and greyed out.

I am no mod, but I'd guess it was banned for self promotion rules or as part of spam detection.

Interesting. This was my first post in a while, so spam doesn't make sense to me. I'll re-read the rules on promotion, this was a feature I built from the ground up, so I would imagine sharing it in a community of builders and creators would be fine.

Appreciate the insight!

Would "Show HN" have been the right way to do it then?

I tried this initially, but had the exact same experience. So I deleted that "Show HN" post and reposted under the general. Comments blocked both times.

Interesting (and annoying).

You might just have been unlucky and had a barrage of grumpy "get off my lawn" flaggers/downvoters. (I try not to be one of those, but sometimes fail.)

I saw your post go past in 'new': https://news.ycombinator.com/newest

Ah, thanks! Ok good to know. I think the post was visible, but I am concerned that the comment (which explains everything) was not visible.