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wow, thank you for such a detailed explanation! I didn't know about flagging, will become active in /newest and do it. I suppose spam that should be flagged is

• gus_massa 7y ago
  You need 200 points to flag. Get one now! Use the flag button wisely when you get enough points. From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > What to Submit > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. A small amount of repost are ok. About ads: Some post are almost an infomercial. If it is interesting it is ok. If it is just "buy me" repeated one hundred time no. Some post are about personal projects or a starting business looking for feedback. If it is interesting it is ok. Hey! Dropbox begun as a personal project and was posted here by the author before it was cool. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863