I can tell you from experience that VCs think of "front page of hacker news" as a positive signal for a prospective investment. There probably isn't much produc

I can tell you from experience that VCs think of "front page of hacker news" as a positive signal for a prospective investment. There probably isn't much product recommendation comment spam here (reddit has more reach), but I'm sure there is incentive to game the front page to get a start-up noticed.