I have mixed feelings about that rule. It's from 15 years ago, I think, and HN wasn't as astroturfed as it is now. There are literally internal Slack channel wi

I have mixed feelings about that rule. It's from 15 years ago, I think, and HN wasn't as astroturfed as it is now. There are literally internal Slack channel with automation that monitors HN and alerts marketing teams to react to keywords being mentioned (companies, products). For example: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/developer-evangelism/hacker-news/ https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relati... And GitLab is just very open, plenty of companies do the same and frankly many are actually scummy about it, GitLab is actually playing by the books. It seems like a very naive rule these days.