HN Self-Promotion Complaints
Users criticize posts and comments on Hacker News as thinly veiled advertisements, spam, or shameless self-promotion for products and companies. Discussions debate the appropriateness of promotional content disguised as genuine discussions.
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The point of the post seems to be to advertise their product. The comments seem to confirm that.
Thinly veiled advertisement? On my HN?
This account's comments are promotional to the point of being spam. Please stop posting them to HN. Discussions here are supposed to be conversations, not commercials.
Not sure why I'm being downvoted; yes it's self promotion, but highly relevant to the discussion
Seems like someone (OP or not) is testing how good they can use HN for free advertisement.
Absent substance, how is this not just self-promotion?
It is an ad, but it's also an announcement with information that many hners will be interested in and enjoy discussing. There are links to tools and blog posts on the topic as well as links to the advertised product. I don't think it's out of place here.
Possibly the most blatant advertising I've ever seen in an HN comment. At least put a bit of effort into it.
This is shameless self promotion for the author's company.
I think self promotion is frowned upon. Maybe if you framed it as a Tell HN it might be better received.