I don't think this is a bad concept, but what are the ethics of harvesting the HN community for early signups? Better, I think, would have been to write a technical article with some value to the community and offer early access signups at the end. The way it's been submitted you pretty much spammed us... a trend that I hope doesn't gain more traction.
Well someone thought it good enough to upvote and make it land on front page.
That is the best thing about HN, if people do not like your link it just dies down and you cannot share it again.
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I don't think this is a bad concept, but what are the ethics of harvesting the HN community for early signups? Better, I think, would have been to write a technical article with some value to the community and offer early access signups at the end. The way it's been submitted you pretty much spammed us... a trend that I hope doesn't gain more traction.
Well someone thought it good enough to upvote and make it land on front page. That is the best thing about HN, if people do not like your link it just dies down and you cannot share it again.