# Show HN explained | Propel

Source: https://runpropel.com/glossary/show-hn

Glossary

# What is Show HN?

Show HN is the part of Hacker News where people share something they made that others can try. A post starts with "Show HN:" in the title, links to the thing itself, and usually has a first comment from the maker explaining what it is and why they built it.

## What makes a good Show HN?

- Something people can use now, not a sign-up page or a fundraising post.
- A plain title that says what it does.
- A first comment from the maker: what it is, how it works, what is still rough.
- The maker staying to answer questions.

The rules are on the [Show HN guidelines](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) page.

## Why do communities care who posts?

Communities like Hacker News and Reddit expect a real person, speaking for themselves. Posts that read like marketing, or that come from accounts posting for someone else, get flagged.

## What does Propel do?

Propel prepares the title, the link and the first comment from what you built, and opens the page for you. The last click is yours. It never posts in communities for you: that channel stays at "It suggests". See [Get talked about](https://runpropel.com/get-talked-about).

Where Propel does this

[Get talked about →](https://runpropel.com/get-talked-about)

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