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A comment on The Internet I Knew (2014). Parent comment

Re:The Internet I Knew (2014) by ukulele on Saturday December 30, 2017 @09:43AM (#16035413)
> advertising should not corrode conversation.

You really followed this with a link to your website?

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Re:The Internet I Knew (2014) by nitrogen on Saturday December 30, 2017 @01:34PM (#16036618)
Tactful self promotion used to be accepted and encouraged on HN. (No comment on whether this comment fits that description)
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Re:The Internet I Knew (2014) by inimino on Saturday December 30, 2017 @12:44PM (#16036295)
You really can't see the difference between the kind of advertising this guy is complaining about and a link to a personal website / manifesto complaining about advertising? Really?
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Re:The Internet I Knew (2014) by wehere111 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @01:37PM (#16036636)
lol that's not a personal website...
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Re:The Internet I Knew (2014) by lyra_comms on Saturday December 30, 2017 @04:50PM (#16037816)
Yes, we did! Self-promotion in a relevant context (in a discussion of a worsening problem which affects many) is a very different undertaking than paid, off-topic advertising.
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Re:The Internet I Knew (2014) by pipio21 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @09:55AM (#16035468)
Why downvoting you for stating the obvious contradiction?

We humans apply double standards for others and for us.

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