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Hacker News is owned and operated by a VC firm. Promoting new businesses is directly on-brand for this place. If we were inundated with IBM marketing it would

by msla 7y ago

Hacker News is owned and operated by a VC firm. Promoting new businesses is directly on-brand for this place. If we were inundated with IBM marketing it would be something to complain about.

rchaud 7y ago
YC companies are promoted once in a while and those posts are clearly marked, with a prefix like "[YC S19]".