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HN has advertising too. I don’t claim it’s the same, but let’s be accurate.
by jtbayly 1y ago
HN has advertising too. I don’t claim it’s the same, but let’s be accurate.
- southwindcg 1y agoTrue, but how many sites allow users to down-vote or flag the advertisements? A lot of the blatant ad posts wind up flag-killed and only people who have "show dead" enabled ever see them.
- jtbayly 1y agoNo, you cannot vote up or down the official ads on HN.
- rchaud 1y agoNot remotely the same thing. HN's ads are text-only job postings for companies in YC's portfolio. "Online ads" on the other hand are an unregulated wasteland of scams, dropship brands, misinformation, titillation, and culture war ragebait.