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Maybe I’m not appreciating your viewpoint because the article nor the comments seem overtly self-promoting to me. I would agree with you if it was a garbage pr

• jacquesm 3y ago
  > Maybe I’m not appreciating your viewpoint because the article nor the comments seem overtly self-promoting to me. And maybe I'm over protective of HN. > I would agree with you if it was a garbage press release with low quality fake comments. You mean like the one where the CEO (then still anonymously) tried to devalue a point made by a commenter here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37416457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37416457 > Maybe there’s some niche politics that I’m unaware of in the LoRa space that is triggering. Not that I'm aware of, but their WP talk page is pretty clear about them abusing WP for marketing purposes and that doesn't give them the benefit of the doubt with me when interacting with HN in this way, besides that the initial votes were so fast that I doubt that it was organic. But when dang wakes up I'm sure he'll be able to rule that out or confirm it. For all I know it is all legit but it certainly looked weird. Also note how the CTO nicely disclosed who he was but the CEO did not well after joining the thread until prompted to do so. Which makes me suspect this is a bit more organized than it may seem at first glance, but then again, that's not my call to make.