> but self-promotion on HN should follow strict rules and if this is indeed promotion, it is breaking the rules.
What rules are you referring to? This is what the HN guidelines say:
"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."
What rules are you referring to? This is what the HN guidelines say:
"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."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Doesn't seem very strict to me.