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> Promotions are by definition a form of publicity or advertisement There it is. People are pissed off that an ad is being disguised as normal Hacker News post

• spdustin 11y ago
  No, it isn't. The HN post is about CI being more affordable thanks to DO. And with Gitlab.com, it's free, can't get much affordable than that.
• zenlikethat 11y ago
  Many posts which land on Hacker News are for self-promotion purposes. That doesn't mean they lack good content.
• Trundle 11y ago
  Everything announced by a company on their website, every feature list, every display video, every write up by the press, every review, is promotional activity. Anyone that is pissed at this particular instance because it's disguised as "normal" when it's actually dirty "marketing" should have a good hard think about how they believe the incentives behind information sharing work.