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I've been wondering, is it possible the fluff pieces are paid content? Especially the "scaling dick.ly" and blogspam types.
by activepeanut 14y ago
I've been wondering, is it possible the fluff pieces are paid content? Especially the "scaling dick.ly" and blogspam types.
- veyron 14y agoThey aren't paying YC for most of it. I expect those types of pieces rise due to excitement about the process or the particular technologies used For example, some posts talk about Puppet or Chef in the title. I didn't recognize those the first time so I look. Having learned something, even though others may know all of the embedded content, I up vote. The next time I may skip over it, having already went through the discovery process, but other people come across it and derive value. Hence the cycle continues.
- jokermatt999 14y agoI doubt they're actually paid, but it's wise to remember that Hacker News is intimately connected with Y Combinator. It's partly a vehicle for the companies to get feedback/criticism, and thus to some extent, promote their products. YC companies are allowed to post job listings which aren't able to be flagged or commented on. It's just a part of the culture here. Whether it adds value is a personal matter. For me, it generally doesn't, but the overall discussion is of high enough quality that the small amount of noise those generate is worth it.