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This feels a lot like an ad for Perdue (apologies if it isn't).

• colecut 8y ago
  Do you remember when the world wasn't consumed with ads? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
• ethbro 8y ago
  You've got me. I've surreptitiously built a HN identity for years so that I could finally cash in on that sweet poultry guerilla marketing cash.
  • killjoywashere 8y ago
    I got a similar hit on Wikipedia when I tried to start the article on a company, which happens to be a YC alum. I was just comparing VPS providers, I knew this company was in the space because of HN, and noted the hole in Wikipedia, so I started the article as a way to fill in my own knowledge. Ho. Lee. Sheeeit. There were some admins looking to grind serious axes about "commercial influence". Yet I was behaving more like Consumer Reports. Job got done, but wow.
    • ethbro 8y ago
      I tried to limit the snark, because parent's not wrong. There's a ridiculous amount of astroturfing out there. I haven't had too much experience with Wikipedia, but I absolutely believe your story. Their hierarchy is... interesting.