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This is a blatant scam. The clue? "NFTs for sale". Not sure how this survived HN submission and made it to the front page. If I set up a page begging for $20 d
by quickthrower2 5y ago
This is a blatant scam. The clue? "NFTs for sale". Not sure how this survived HN submission and made it to the front page.
If I set up a page begging for $20 donations for a DB entry in my postgresql DB and submit to HN should it be upvoted?
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It has a link to opensea where you can buy the NFT. So I can pay the website money for nothing in return.
- ubercore 5y agoIt's not a scam, it's a joke.
- quickthrower2 5y agoIt has a link to opensea where you can buy the NFT. So I can pay the website money for nothing in return.
- mikeg8 5y agoNFTs. Look 'em up.
- seattle_spring 5y agoYou just unironically defined NFTs in general.
- quickthrower2 5y agoYes, that was intentional.
- shadowgovt 5y agoYes, and it would be funny if we did. I'm thinking of getting a breadstick.
- notfed 5y ago...and?
- quickthrower2 5y agoThats it. There is no and. I think if the point isnt obvious at this point i just give up making it
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoThere's no reason it can't be both.
- coolso 5y agoIt’s a scam in the same sense that “Bought it on eBay” by Weird Al is a scam, I suppose.
- np_tedious 5y ago> should it be upvoted That's up to the readers, isn't it? There is no "should". I enjoyed and thought it was pretty funny
- mysterydip 5y agoThat's the joke.
- quickthrower2 5y agoThe joke is by thinly veiling as a joke, they can get a lot of traffic from HN, and a backlink, which will help with their SEO and social media, as well as maybe get some sales from HN readers directly.
- mikeg8 5y agodo a little more digging and i think you'll see they are not optimizing for SEO. Sometimes a joke is just a.... joke.
- rsecora 5y agoPoe's law. As Mr Poe says 16 years ago. Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody XXXXXXX in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article.