Many of them _are_ obvious spam: submitted from freshly created accounts, meaning that they're not HN users, promoting a paid service or product, and with an accompanying post that looks like an advertising blurb instead of written to show readers something interesting.
Many of them _are_ obvious spam: submitted from freshly created accounts, meaning that they're not HN users, promoting a paid service or product, and with an accompanying post that looks like an advertising blurb instead of written to show readers something interesting.
> promoting a paid service or product
There was a thread yesterday doing exactly this with over 450 points.
When I pointed it out, my comment was immediately downvoted to the bottom of the thread.
This place has a weird, almost cult-like, definition of what it loves and hates.
that wasn't a show HN?
> There was a thread yesterday
said thread was: CT scans of BYD car parts (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375824)
I noticed that the "Show" part is now often an afterthought and many more people just drop ads for their product.
slop, or worse, condoning slop (Slop images in a human written blog post, etc); only serves to confuse and muddle.
Obvious slop.