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Southland | 4 years ago

And here it's directly mentioned in the guidelines of how 'Show HN' should work:

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

> Please don't ask friends to upvote or comment. That's not ok on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#ring

> Can I ask people to upvote my submission?

> No. Users should vote for a story because they personally find it intellectually interesting, not because someone has content to promote. We penalize or ban submissions, accounts, and sites that break this rule, so please don't.

> Can I ask people to comment on my submission?

> No, for the same reason. It's also not in your interest: HN readers are sensitive to this and will detect it, flag it, and use unkind words like 'spam'.

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graderjs|4 years ago

You've basically turned an entire sub-thread on a Show HN into a low-quality distraction based on your un-provable (to you) accusation, and subsequent doubling down...all of which, as multiple people have tried to remind you, is breaking the rules:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#:~:text=Ple....

Also, you can't cite the rules as some fake justification for your flouting the rules. Abusing the rules to pretend that, because the thing you, without proof, accuse someone of is disallowed, it somehow makes it OK for you to break the rules to post these disallowed accusations...is wrong. You're undermining the very thing you're merely pretending to support here. Which makes it seem like you never cared much for the rules in the first place, but only for some weird personal vendetta or whatever against this post. Whatever your reason, none of this is OK, on HN. Or anywhere really.

Please stop.