How does Hacker News work?

Question

I'm new here. I did read the welcome page, but it didn't explain how stuff works here. After looking at the front page, I saw that you can add tags, such as Ask HN.

LinuxBender · Accepted Answer

Here [1] are some undocumented features of HN. The Guidelines and FAQ below have more details. If you hang out for a while you will get the gist of it.[1] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

arthtyagi · Answer

Yeah so basically : - ASK HN : To Ask HN something. Make sure it's a legitimate question and re-read it to yourself to make sure it makes sense. It's not for asking questions like "How to do a binary search?", that belongs elsewhere.
- SHOW HN : To show HN something that you built ( or someone else did ) and receive feedback on it. Don't spam the same thing over and over, your account might get marked as spam, I learnt it the hard way.
- LAUNCH HN : It's for YC startups when they launch.
Apart from this, you should feel free to post anything new and interesting that you find on the internet. Primarily tech-related but not necessarily. Anything that helps quench curiosity and isn't spammy works.

type0 · Answer

It's written in Arc (Lisp dialect):http://arclanguage.org/Some tidbits bout moderation here:https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...

How does Hacker News work?

I'm new here. I did read the welcome page, but it didn't explain how stuff works here. After looking at the front page, I saw that you can add tags, such as Ask HN.

Here [1] are some undocumented features of HN. The Guidelines and FAQ below have more details. If you hang out for a while you will get the gist of it.
[1] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

It's written in Arc (Lisp dialect):
http://arclanguage.org/
Some tidbits bout moderation here:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...