>Credibility is much more apparent than you may think on sites like HN/Reddit. Shameless self-promotion without any substance won't get you far. Then why is th

>Credibility is much more apparent than you may think on sites like HN/Reddit. Shameless self-promotion without any substance won't get you far. Then why is the comment at the top of this thread, which says nothing of substance (for the HN crowd at least), the top voted comment so far?