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If you're on a blacklist it'd probably be because people flag your links—either because they're of low quality, of little interest to the community, or because
by beaumartinez 15y ago
If you're on a blacklist it'd probably be because people flag your links—either because they're of low quality, of little interest to the community, or because you spam them.
Big Sites™ get so many links posted here because they're reputable sources. When I see TechCrunch, I have a good idea of the link's content.
Protip: Writing good content is the best way to get more readers.
- malikfalle 15y agoIt is well known that the Hackernews is used as a publicity platform for the larger sites to keep their traffic up. Some of them are extremely dependent on it and they do bribe and cut deals with the mods here. It's just how it is and has been for a long time. Hackernews is just plain mainstream now.
- paultonkin 15y agoThe mods are going to delete this comment because they're scared of the truth getting out. Pathetic. It is well known that the Hackernews is used as a publicity platform for the larger sites to keep their traffic up. Some of them are extremely dependent on it and they do bribe and cut deals with the mods here. It's just how it is and has been for a long time. Hackernews is just plain mainstream now.