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Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by fauigerzigerk on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:44PM (#24213416)
14. "The Haunted House" is not an ad as far as I can see. It does have an upvote button.

15. is a job posting by a YC company. Perhaps you could classify it as an ad, but I see it as a perk that YC grants its own companies.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by waterhouse on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:32PM (#24214198)
Right, I included the Haunted House entry (a regular story) for contrast.

The job posting is certainly "sponsored content", a privileged post put there at the behest of a third party, which blends in fairly well with neighboring posts yet isn't subject to the normal rules. I don't know if money actually changes hands to put it there (maybe each YC company is granted a posting there, or maybe they have to pay for it), but in other respects it's straightforwardly an ad for a job.

All that said, I have no problem with it being there.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making m... by fauigerzigerk on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:39PM (#24214308)
>Right, I included the Haunted House entry (a regular story) for contrast.

Ah, sorry, I misread what you said.

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