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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by appleiigs on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:04PM (#16980672)
Then don’t refer anyone.

Or maybe only send to your friends who a new email client would interest?

Is “hey, saw this on HN, this looks interesting” really going to hurt your reputation?

He’s a dev trying to market, that’s all.

Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by c0smic on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:24PM (#16981279)
I was going to say this.

It's totally optional to invite more people, so if it goes against your ethical views, just don't.

Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by hedora on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @08:56PM (#16982473)
Yeah, but by engaging in this behavior, the dev has convinced me this whole thing is click spam, so I’m done evaluating it before I even downloaded it.