HN Spam Complaints

Users are repeatedly calling out submissions, users, or comments as spam on Hacker News, expressing frustration with increasing spammy behavior and questioning its appropriateness.

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Sample Comments

polvi Oct 30, 2008 View on HN

spam for me too! thanks for pointing this out.

cousin_it May 17, 2008 View on HN

another spammer, what's it with them recently?

Groxx Jul 5, 2010 View on HN

And spam. Mustn't forget spam.

bifrost Jul 15, 2019 View on HN

Seems like spam. this is a weird place to spam...

mostafaberg Aug 3, 2016 View on HN

That's a very spammy behaviour, nothing to show off here guys really

mtmail May 10, 2024 View on HN

It's not cool, it's spam

r00fus Sep 1, 2016 View on HN

Is this a bad thing, if you're trying to avoid spam?

NullPrefix Dec 11, 2021 View on HN

This sounds like spam. The need to always say something.

brucethemoose2 Jun 19, 2023 View on HN

Spam is why we can't have nice things.

sbr464 Jun 30, 2019 View on HN

Odd, feels like spam. Apologies if not.