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If you read it, a big part of the secret sauce is "actually be thoughtful and informative". Like they drop everything to investigate something and surface useful information and insights as part of the process. Seems like the opposite of spam honestly.

>>koboll+(OP)
nice try Indiehacker ;)

next article: how we astroturf Hacker news. not too far-fetched given they're open to manipulating public sentiment on this platform