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> Contrast this to the recent trend of dropping in-line references to project names Can you give an example? A reference to a project, without a link directly
by minimaxir 7mo ago
> Contrast this to the recent trend of dropping in-line references to project names
Can you give an example? A reference to a project, without a link directly to the project, doesn't meet general definitions of spam.
- denotes 7mo agoSure, a post from this morning: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678369
- gus_massa 7mo agoIt looks like a single comment [1] and s/he has many unrelated comments [2]. Looks organic. I'd be worried about cases when all the comments have a link to the project in spite it's barely related. I've seen a few, but most of the times they are downvoted or flagged. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=msx.dev&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=tornikeo https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=tornikeo