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Hi @Pierewsa, Consider submitting some non-promotional links in addition to what you currently have. From the HN Guidelines[1]: "Please don't use HN primarily

Hi @Pierewsa, Consider submitting some non-promotional links in addition to what you currently have. From the HN Guidelines[1]: "Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity." 1:https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ThrowawayR2 1y ago
Just flag it and move on. The user is the PiEEG spammer with a new alternate account; every submission promotes PiEEG in some way even though the URLs go to different legitimate sites. He's built up a really impressive network of accounts and apparently the HN moderators haven't noticed him yet. christaingmer - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Christiangmer https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Christiangmer ildaron_ron - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ildaron_ron https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ildaron_ron ron_87 - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ron_87 https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ron_87 Marat_Japan - https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Marat_Japan https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Marat_Japan Marat_1975 - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975 https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975 Marat_1975_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975_ https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975_ Ildarmon - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Ildarmon https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Ildarmon Add GaredFagsss1 and leisanrain to that list. You can tell from the fact that 10 of the last 11 postings pointing to the indiegoogo domain are from the above accounts pointing to the same fundraiser: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=indiegogo.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=indiegogo.com
- yesfitz 1y ago
  Oh gosh, thanks! I flagged it and then felt bad that it might be someone just unaware of the guidelines, but the sock puppetry definitely puts that theory to bed.

ThrowawayR2 1y ago

Just flag it and move on. The user is the PiEEG spammer with a new alternate account; every submission promotes PiEEG in some way even though the URLs go to different legitimate sites. He's built up a really impressive network of accounts and apparently the HN moderators haven't noticed him yet. christaingmer - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Christiangmer https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Christiangmer ildaron_ron - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ildaron_ron https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ildaron_ron ron_87 - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ron_87 https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ron_87 Marat_Japan - https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Marat_Japan https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Marat_Japan Marat_1975 - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975 https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975 Marat_1975_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975_ https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975_ Ildarmon - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Ildarmon https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Ildarmon Add GaredFagsss1 and leisanrain to that list. You can tell from the fact that 10 of the last 11 postings pointing to the indiegoogo domain are from the above accounts pointing to the same fundraiser: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=indiegogo.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=indiegogo.com

yesfitz 1y ago
Oh gosh, thanks! I flagged it and then felt bad that it might be someone just unaware of the guidelines, but the sock puppetry definitely puts that theory to bed.