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PFDR (poorly formatted, didn't read).

Darn, I was going to answer the blog's question:

What do you wish someone would make for you?

... with something like your observation. Ah well, that HN community is already on top of it.

Well, I've just finished reading it!

And its submitted by the writer. :(

Is that bad form? I've noticed even people like Ryan Carson submit their own links

My main point is that the author should be proud of his posts and proofread them, especially when choosing to share them this way.

As far as self-posts... I'll defer to the community's choice to upvote whether or not it helps/hurts the community. Personally, I think it adds noise to the signal that is the front page.