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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spam for me too! thanks for pointing this out.
another spammer, what's it with them recently?
And spam. Mustn't forget spam.
Seems like spam. this is a weird place to spam...
That's a very spammy behaviour, nothing to show off here guys really
It's not cool, it's spam
Is this a bad thing, if you're trying to avoid spam?
This sounds like spam. The need to always say something.
Spam is why we can't have nice things.
Odd, feels like spam. Apologies if not.