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.
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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.
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?
said thread was: CT scans of BYD car parts (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375824)