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Almost every startup blog we see on HN is a content farm packed with contrived content targeting this/similar communities and brought to us by accounts that onl

Almost every startup blog we see on HN is a content farm packed with contrived content targeting this/similar communities and brought to us by accounts that only exist to promote themselves on HN. Some of them are regulars on the front page - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=githubengineering.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=githubengineering.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=fogcreek.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=fogcreek.com etc

sandworm101 11y ago
That's it. HN is dead. I am glad to see most of those went away without comment, but am shocked to see so many be picked up.
DaveWalk 11y ago
Great find with plain evidence. Does HN have an official stance on promotional accounts? (Paging dang?) Anecdotal experience makes me think this is a problem on any submission-driven site.