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Re:Watchtower – Blender Studio by throwpupper on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:13AM (#30178630)
This person posts an identical comment in every single Blender thread to promote his startup. Check their post history.

I am just wondering, is such a consistent plugging allowed on HN? To me it lowers the quality of the discussion and their posts are often voted to the top on all Blender related posts.

Re:Watchtower – Blender Studio by Tomte on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @01:09PM (#30181421)
Copy-pasting the identical comment certainly isn't, dang told me so when I was once re-using a comment I made earlier for another thread.

I think it's cool what doctoboggan has done with Blender, I feel it's okay to mention it in every Blender thread, but he should actually post a fresh comment.

And then it's up to us users if we feel it's become a bit stale. Downvoting exists.

Re:Watchtower – Blender Studio by HonestOp001 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @11:45AM (#30179999)
They are posting where necessary, it allows them to build seo and overall works for them.

Smart play, as it feels organic until you pull back the veneer.

Re:Watchtower – Blender Studio by jermaustin1 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @11:46AM (#30180019)
Thought I was having Deja Vu. Why is it always near the top too. It's always one of the first comments I read on a blender post.
Re:Watchtower – Blender Studio by wccrawford on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @12:53PM (#30181188)
I read it and wondered if "recently" really still included 2.8? That was quite a while ago now.
Re:Watchtower – Blender Studio by WHA8m on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @11:32AM (#30179824)
Thanks, I knew I've read this before...