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This is clearly just an ad post. Can we stop allowing this stuff on HN? This is like Burger King posting an article "Hunger affecting 100% of living people up t
by ebbv 10y ago
This is clearly just an ad post. Can we stop allowing this stuff on HN? This is like Burger King posting an article "Hunger affecting 100% of living people up to several times a day has only one solution."
From my perspective there's been a drastic rise in these kinds of ad posts appearing on the HN front page lately. I dunno if it's vote manipulation via paid viral marketing or something else but it sucks.
- tarr11 10y agoThe HN guidelines say that you should just flag the post and avoid comments like this: "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site"
- ebbv 10y agoDude come on. Don't quote the guidelines at people unless they're new users who might not actually be aware. I think it's pretty clear from my comment why I'm saying something; it's not just about this one article, there's been a rise in these obvious ads on the site in general (from my point of view), and I feel something needs to be done about it. I've obviously flagged every one of them but that's not enough. The point of me making a comment about it is to see if other people feel the same way. If you don't agree, you can reply and say "I don't agree, I think these ads are good / I don't see many of them / whatever." Replying and quoting the guidelines like that is trying to just shut down the discussion and/or just being pedantic.