I have seen that article before. From other people. Many times. The first ones were kind of interesting, but I think this meme needs to die now. I apologize if

I have seen that article before. From other people. Many times. The first ones were kind of interesting, but I think this meme needs to die now. I apologize if that sounds rude to you, please don't take it personally. If I as an HN newbie may be so bold to say: what bothers me is that HN is being used as a marketing instrument. I can only speak for myself, of course, but the reason I come back here is HN feels like a medium where I'm not inundated with "viral" crap and sales pitches. For me, this place is about the exchange of ideas and honest criticism. Don't get me wrong, one of the things I love most around here is when people show off their new projects. I think it's a great environment to do this, to get early feedback and maybe even some kind of recognition. But playing HN for the numbers of visitors feels wrong to me, and it feels cheap. I believe the discussion inside the threads is where the real value lies. Not in the karma you get for posting the link. And certainly not in the highly irrelevant visitor count of your website.