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Sorry - had to flag this ad posting. Future tip - just release this stuff under one of your employee's or founder's name so it's not as obvious of an ad for the

Sorry - had to flag this ad posting. Future tip - just release this stuff under one of your employee's or founder's name so it's not as obvious of an ad for the platform you're launching.

Aeglaecia 11mo ago
what exactly is being advertised ?
- ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
  Looks like deployblackout -dot- com. Looks like a service to do the kinds of scans mentioned. Note the punchlist of laws being broken.
  - Aeglaecia 11mo ago
    ok thanks , so theres 3 spots of advertisement : 1. using the company name to label an isolated incident 2. providing a link to the company research unit that directs to the main company page, forcing a second click to view the research unit 3. advertising the company's black friday sale i have to say 1 pisses me off as it trojans an ad into an existing pattern (uniquely naming disclosures/exploits), 2 and 3 are both slimy but id probably be able to forgive the company if they only implemented one of those two points, as is this is a bit much
altairprime 11mo ago
While custom here expects a Show HN tag, there’s no specific prohibition against showing HN something you built for profit, so long as you aren’t doing so excessively, the thing you built is interesting and relevant to HN readers, and you’re not making a habit of drive-by posting without engaging further. I found this content to meet those criteria, much more than either prior posting by OP. However, I specialize in noticing and reporting spammers to the mods who are trying to disguise their connection to the company posted, so please do not try to disguise or mislead the community as directed here; lying by omission with intent to mislead is completely uncool. OP, you’ve posted three times in six months and you don’t participate on the site other than posting stuff you made. HN generally has good cause to expect a higher bar of participation than that, and if you continue submitting things without participating in the wider site as a whole, users are going to flag your content without considering it at all. I’m not at my threshold for that yet given your history, but certainly I wouldn’t look fondly on another like this one given the dearth of comments on anyone’s posts besides those you posted or those about your works.
infamouscow 11mo ago
[flagged]
celloductor 11mo ago
idk the content itself was the main point i found the ad unobtrusive

Sorry - had to flag this ad posting. Future tip - just release this stuff under one of your employee's or founder's name so it's not as obvious of an ad for the platform you're launching.

Aeglaecia 11mo ago

what exactly is being advertised ?

ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
Looks like deployblackout -dot- com. Looks like a service to do the kinds of scans mentioned. Note the punchlist of laws being broken.
- Aeglaecia 11mo ago
  ok thanks , so theres 3 spots of advertisement : 1. using the company name to label an isolated incident 2. providing a link to the company research unit that directs to the main company page, forcing a second click to view the research unit 3. advertising the company's black friday sale i have to say 1 pisses me off as it trojans an ad into an existing pattern (uniquely naming disclosures/exploits), 2 and 3 are both slimy but id probably be able to forgive the company if they only implemented one of those two points, as is this is a bit much

altairprime 11mo ago

While custom here expects a Show HN tag, there’s no specific prohibition against showing HN something you built for profit, so long as you aren’t doing so excessively, the thing you built is interesting and relevant to HN readers, and you’re not making a habit of drive-by posting without engaging further. I found this content to meet those criteria, much more than either prior posting by OP. However, I specialize in noticing and reporting spammers to the mods who are trying to disguise their connection to the company posted, so please do not try to disguise or mislead the community as directed here; lying by omission with intent to mislead is completely uncool. OP, you’ve posted three times in six months and you don’t participate on the site other than posting stuff you made. HN generally has good cause to expect a higher bar of participation than that, and if you continue submitting things without participating in the wider site as a whole, users are going to flag your content without considering it at all. I’m not at my threshold for that yet given your history, but certainly I wouldn’t look fondly on another like this one given the dearth of comments on anyone’s posts besides those you posted or those about your works.

infamouscow 11mo ago

[flagged]

celloductor 11mo ago

idk the content itself was the main point i found the ad unobtrusive