It's the same person - they just created an alt account because the other one is getting too many posts being marked as dead. https://news.ycombinator.com/subm

It's the same person - they just created an alt account because the other one is getting too many posts being marked as dead. https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=joshsymbols https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=joshsymbols The roast avenue is a "not so subtle" workaround to an ongoing pattern of a somewhat shameless marketing campaign. OP - this likely won't have any measurable effect on your future behavior but Hacker News is not just about promotion. It's about giving back to the community and contributing to the discussion.