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I wish it wasn’t this easy to get crypto-scam SEO articles to the front page of Reddit and HN.
by SheinhardtWigCo 7y ago
I wish it wasn’t this easy to get crypto-scam SEO articles to the front page of Reddit and HN.
- numakerg 7y agoWait you DON'T want to invest your money into a black box crypto trading bot system with guaranteed returns? For a community that prides itself on its critical thinking, HN is quick to laud a post with barely any substance when it confirms their preconceptions.
- pembrook 7y agoYou think this one was clever, take a closer look at the next couple of posts that blow up here having to do with HN’s favorite category of “privacy hysteria.” One thing you learn when you start your own side projects, everything on the internet is content marketing. Everything. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing since it aligns incentives. Expecting people to produce great content for you for free makes no sense. In this instance however, the post is obviously made up and the product this guy is hawking is a scam. I wouldn't have a problem with the self promotion if he provided real value, but he didn’t.
- comatosesperrow 7y agoTHANK YOU. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills watching everyone eat up the article where HE ASKS FOR YOUR MONEY.
- lucb1e 7y agoWait, what did I miss? I thought the writing was bad (both contents and style) so I didn't click through to the medium article, is that where they ask you to invest in their stuff instead?
- comatosesperrow 7y agoThat's where it is. He then calls it a "set it and forget it" crypto bot. Yes, please forget about the $1,000 you just gave me...
- gillesjacobs 7y agoHN's culture of critique often involves blindly praising anything that is critical in tone. This makes it easy to guerilla market anything as long as you criticize anything established and well-used/liked. HN is of course not the only place that has problem, but it is very obvious here.