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>>muchte+(OP)
I don't think there can be much better praise for a site's moderation approach than someone deciding that creating relevant, high-quality content is the best way to "beat" the algorithm/approach.

And someone doing that has certainly earned the right to include "one sentence that is the least salesy you can do" of self-promotion.

>>tgsovl+eM
Yeah HN is weirdly still amazing at filtering the good stuff. I have submitted things here only when I truly felt it added value and I had something to say, and never bothered to think about anything to optimize. Yet I actually got at least some traction every single time.

It’s quite amazing. I noticed these guys coming in the front page very often too, and while I agree their “hack” seems laudable while also not offending anyone (they’re doing what we are looking for), they seem to forget one more reason why they keep getting traction - the product they sell is absolutely on target to HN audience at an emotional level so people likely upvote due to that reason as well.