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Marco has perfected the followup blog entry HN spam. Even if it is hilarious and witty. He jumps on a hot topic and gets the page views.

pgrote 14y ago
How is it spam? A relevant developer writing something humorous and pretty insightful.
- dfc 14y ago
  I agree it was funny but insightful?
fredley 14y ago
If it really bothers you that much filter it out. I enjoyed the article, I'm glad HN directed me to it.
- lukeholder 14y ago
  I loved the article. Spam was probably a strong word. He has perfected the art of getting his blog to the top of HN by writing a meta article.
  - masklinn 14y ago
    I'm pretty sure he does not care about HN, he's just horsing around with his blog and having a bit of fun with his reviewer reputation.
    - nicholassmith 14y ago
      He's said on podcasts he's not a fan of Hacker News comments, so I'm going to say he's not overly fussed on hitting the top of HN in general.
    - stonemetal 14y ago
      Not HN in particular, but all the viral news aggregators.
aprendo 14y ago
Not everything is about HN. It seems to me that he is just having fun.
- mcguire 14y ago
  "Not everything is about HN." You're not from around here, are you?
wmeredith 14y ago
His site isn't ad supported–I don't think he's trolling for pageviews. Also, if you listen to his podcast, he's stated that he doesn't much care for hitting the front page of HN because we're such cynical dicks (paraphrased). UPDATE: His site is ad-supported. It was just blending in a little too well.
- netnichols 14y ago
  He's on The Deck network, so it is ad supported. That's not to say I think he's trolling... I think he's just having fun.
  - wmeredith 14y ago
    Huh, I can't find The Deck ad on his site.
    - davezatch 14y ago
      The ads run on RSS only, I think.
      - hisyam 14y ago
        Nope, I can see it from my browser. You might have to pause adblock to see it.
    - elithrar 14y ago
      > Huh, I can't find The Deck ad on his site. It's in the top banner, to the right of his header/nav. It's just that one of the current ads is a shade of brown almost identical to his own.
- boristhespider 14y ago
  Ad-supported, but not pay-per-pageview advertising, and not as a full-time job.
Argorak 14y ago
I would hate running a blog where every time I hit the "publish" button I have to think "someone might put this on Hacker News and some Hacker News guy will complain about me spamming". I don't think that this is "news"-worthy, but its the hacker news community that posted it here and upvoted it.
epaga 14y ago
Right...HN spam, even though he doesn't even have an HN account? http://www.twitter.com/marcoarment/status/228137545396019200 http://www.twitter.com/marcoarment/status/228137545396019200
mcguire 14y ago
lukeholder has perfected the HN spam complaint spam. Someone makes a blog entry that gets posted to HN and he calls it spam and gets...something. No idea what. Sorry.
michaelkscott 14y ago
A lot of reddit-style comments on this post, too.

pgrote 14y ago

How is it spam? A relevant developer writing something humorous and pretty insightful.

dfc 14y ago
I agree it was funny but insightful?

fredley 14y ago

If it really bothers you that much filter it out. I enjoyed the article, I'm glad HN directed me to it.

lukeholder 14y ago
I loved the article. Spam was probably a strong word. He has perfected the art of getting his blog to the top of HN by writing a meta article.
- masklinn 14y ago
  I'm pretty sure he does not care about HN, he's just horsing around with his blog and having a bit of fun with his reviewer reputation.
  - nicholassmith 14y ago
    He's said on podcasts he's not a fan of Hacker News comments, so I'm going to say he's not overly fussed on hitting the top of HN in general.
  - stonemetal 14y ago
    Not HN in particular, but all the viral news aggregators.

aprendo 14y ago

Not everything is about HN. It seems to me that he is just having fun.

mcguire 14y ago
"Not everything is about HN." You're not from around here, are you?

wmeredith 14y ago

His site isn't ad supported–I don't think he's trolling for pageviews. Also, if you listen to his podcast, he's stated that he doesn't much care for hitting the front page of HN because we're such cynical dicks (paraphrased). UPDATE: His site is ad-supported. It was just blending in a little too well.

netnichols 14y ago
He's on The Deck network, so it is ad supported. That's not to say I think he's trolling... I think he's just having fun.
- wmeredith 14y ago
  Huh, I can't find The Deck ad on his site.
  - davezatch 14y ago
    The ads run on RSS only, I think.
    - hisyam 14y ago
      Nope, I can see it from my browser. You might have to pause adblock to see it.
  - elithrar 14y ago
    > Huh, I can't find The Deck ad on his site. It's in the top banner, to the right of his header/nav. It's just that one of the current ads is a shade of brown almost identical to his own.
boristhespider 14y ago
Ad-supported, but not pay-per-pageview advertising, and not as a full-time job.

Argorak 14y ago

I would hate running a blog where every time I hit the "publish" button I have to think "someone might put this on Hacker News and some Hacker News guy will complain about me spamming". I don't think that this is "news"-worthy, but its the hacker news community that posted it here and upvoted it.

epaga 14y ago

Right...HN spam, even though he doesn't even have an HN account? http://www.twitter.com/marcoarment/status/228137545396019200 http://www.twitter.com/marcoarment/status/228137545396019200

mcguire 14y ago

lukeholder has perfected the HN spam complaint spam. Someone makes a blog entry that gets posted to HN and he calls it spam and gets...something. No idea what. Sorry.

michaelkscott 14y ago

A lot of reddit-style comments on this post, too.