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by zahlman 6mo ago

> Also checkout my other projects: Best Sugar Daddy Apps Best Sugar Daddy Apps 2026 Best Sugar Daddy Apps NPM Best Sugar Daddy Apps Socket That's, er, definitely not where I expected this to be leading. Although I guess the PyPI username was a hint.

wongarsu 6mo ago
All of those have the same extremely prominent top pick. Some don't even bother linking the other entries. This entire thing is an elaborate marketing campaign for Hanker. Either for SEO or LLMs Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/810/ https://xkcd.com/810/
- xp84 6mo ago
  Hadn’t seen that xkcd. Thanks for linking it!
- vaylian 6mo ago
  Meta-relevant xkcd: https://web.archive.org/web/20091027014324/http://xkcd.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20091027014324/http://xkcd.com/ Background info: https://www.downes.ca/post/50539 https://www.downes.ca/post/50539
danielspace23 6mo ago
The whole thing seems a lot like AI slop for SEO. The demo websites look incredibly AI-generated, they don't even resemble the 90s web that well. The project description/README has all the signs of being AI, too. I think they're trying to get some sympathy (and promotion) with a project that seems inherently human, as the "old web" was, but it's slop all the way down. And people are falling for it.
- vunderba 6mo ago
  That's exactly what this is - relying on sheer nostalgia-porn to overcome the fact that this is a low-effort, vibe-coded mess. Hey remember pogs? Remember double bubble? Remember trapper keeper? To make up for it, here's an actually great collage of weird 90s web: https://www.cameronsworld.net https://www.cameronsworld.net
vunderba 6mo ago
This user (whatsupdog) needs to be banned. They've spammed this same thing in various incarnations (rust, python, npm) half a dozen times in the span of a single day. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084056 I'm kind of surprised there isn't a submission cap for the same user within a certain time window.

by zahlman 6mo ago

wongarsu 6mo ago

All of those have the same extremely prominent top pick. Some don't even bother linking the other entries. This entire thing is an elaborate marketing campaign for Hanker. Either for SEO or LLMs Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/810/ https://xkcd.com/810/

xp84 6mo ago
Hadn’t seen that xkcd. Thanks for linking it!
vaylian 6mo ago
Meta-relevant xkcd: https://web.archive.org/web/20091027014324/http://xkcd.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20091027014324/http://xkcd.com/ Background info: https://www.downes.ca/post/50539 https://www.downes.ca/post/50539

danielspace23 6mo ago

The whole thing seems a lot like AI slop for SEO. The demo websites look incredibly AI-generated, they don't even resemble the 90s web that well. The project description/README has all the signs of being AI, too. I think they're trying to get some sympathy (and promotion) with a project that seems inherently human, as the "old web" was, but it's slop all the way down. And people are falling for it.

vunderba 6mo ago
That's exactly what this is - relying on sheer nostalgia-porn to overcome the fact that this is a low-effort, vibe-coded mess. Hey remember pogs? Remember double bubble? Remember trapper keeper? To make up for it, here's an actually great collage of weird 90s web: https://www.cameronsworld.net https://www.cameronsworld.net

vunderba 6mo ago

This user (whatsupdog) needs to be banned. They've spammed this same thing in various incarnations (rust, python, npm) half a dozen times in the span of a single day. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084056 I'm kind of surprised there isn't a submission cap for the same user within a certain time window.