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Why?

• whoisjuan 6y ago
  Why what? If you're asking why being subtle that was just rhetorical. My actual thoughts on this is that there's nothing wrong with self-promotion. I love it when people show their stuff here on HN or other places. I just think that in this particular case it feels kind of disingenuous when it's coming from an account named UseberryPR. It feels more like an attempt to get traffic (potentially backlinks, since front page HN posts are replicated across many places) than to share something useful and intellectually interesting. Again. I have nothing against self-promoting but the quality of this website relies on the fact that people are genuinely sharing interesting stuff, not expecting to get some profit out of it, or because they are doing "PR". It's just my opinion though.
  • jjeaff 6y ago
    I think most people appreciate candor. Attempts to hide self promotion definitely garners more criticism on hn.
    • whoisjuan 6y ago
      Yeah. That's true too.