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> You agree to not use the Site to: [...] > advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose that is not specifically authorize
by drdaeman 6y ago
> You agree to not use the Site to: [...]
> advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose that is not specifically authorized;
Heh. I'd say this part is disconnected from reality.
A very significant number of posts and comments recommend aka advertise (in one way or another) various goods or services. Typically third-party goods or services ("I use this"), sometimes first-party ("we made this"). And this is what brings huge value to the website. I get it, ToS are about spam, but it's probably impossible to discern good and bad advertising in legal terms.
- eganist 6y agoSpecific authorization is probably fulfilled here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity. Emphasis mine. --- Edit: It gets more interesting with the WhoIsHiring threads. I haven't seen specific authorizations for them, but considering HN staff have commented in said threads in the past (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26306206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26306206), this may also be specifically authorized. (I don't know who owns WhoIsHiring)
- MattGaiser 6y agoWhoIsHiring is a Hacker News bot. Y Combinator created it, so advertising there would plausibly count as explicit authorization.
- rincebrain 6y agoGiven the link to WhoIsHiring posts on https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists , I'm going to guess they qualify as not unauthorized at this point.