Ok... feels to me like many people on HN don't realize this already happens. The first page does show "sponsored posts" (you'll easily spot them by the fact tha

Ok... feels to me like many people on HN don't realize this already happens. The first page does show "sponsored posts" (you'll easily spot them by the fact that there's no upvote arrow) and it's a good way for HN to promote its own stuff without ever delivering any crap to the user's browser.