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Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups by mudrockbestgirl on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @10:21PM (#32920194)
Has anyone else noticed the number of comments (and upvotes) that are very likely fake/misleading? Many 1-karma accounts that I doubt made their first comment only because they love this product so much, and other founders/colleagues/cohort that are probably just friends.

I get this is the "growth hacking" mindset, but it really sucks. I wish this wasn't allowed on HN. This product clearly wouldn't be anywhere near the front page without this fake engagement.

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Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups by rekoros on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @11:08PM (#32920421)
"Launch HN" is a perk/benefit available to some YC-funded startups, so it's sort of "unfair by design".

https://news.ycombinator.com/yli.html

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Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups by mudrockbestgirl on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @03:03AM (#32921659)
I didn't know that fake engagement and alternate accounts are part of the perks. Makes YC looks really legit if companies can't even market themselves without shady tactics.

As soon as I see something like this it makes me want to run the other way and tell everyone I know to run the other way and never ever touch the product or company.

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Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups by m88m on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @04:38AM (#32922262)
maybe /u/dang can take a look at it.
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