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unnouinceput, what makes you say this is an ad? How is it different from others showing what they have made?

• unnouinceput 6y ago
  Simple. No inner descriptions like a cool tech would do. I get that ShowHN is always about bragging something but in this case it's just a pretty woman there showing pictures of her wearing earrings that have tech inside. The difference between a pure ad and a cool showing is that the first one shows the entire face of the woman to trigger psychological buying - a technique that works on both sexes. A cool bragging would've shown only the ear, no pretty face. Hence, it's a shameless ad, that should not be atop of HN.
  • Aurum197 6y ago
    Btw, I posted the url of our first prototype somewhere in the comments. And you can't discriminate against pretty faces :) Just because our model is good looking doesn't translate to negative points on the the coolness of our product. Not that I am saying it is cool. That's upto the folks on HN to decide. But in sharing something I made, and that I am enthusiastic about, I don't owe anyone some arbitrary level of coolness.
    • unnouinceput 6y ago
      Look, I like a pretty face too. Heck I married a hot redhead and I like to see her wearing jewelry, tech or not. And good for you making to top of HN, hope it translates to good product sales. My problem is not with you, it's with HN crowd that took hook, line and sinker :). So for you personally I only have congratulations, you managed to game HN. And the amount of downvotes I received for calling it an ad it shows they still continue to chew on your bait.