Re:Limited Free Access for course in Udemy – Python for sign...
by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:35AM
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Just flag it and move on. The user is the PiEEG spammer with a new alternate account; every submission promotes PiEEG in some way even though the URLs go to different legitimate sites. He's built up a really impressive network of accounts and apparently the HN moderators haven't noticed him yet.
christaingmer - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Christiangmer
ildaron_ron - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ildaron_ron
ron_87 - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ron_87
Marat_Japan - https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Marat_Japan
Marat_1975 - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975
Marat_1975_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Marat_1975_
Ildarmon - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Ildarmon
Add GaredFagsss1 and leisanrain to that list.
You can tell from the fact that 10 of the last 11 postings pointing to the indiegoogo domain are from the above accounts pointing to the same fundraiser: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=indiegogo.com
Consider submitting some non-promotional links in addition to what you currently have.
From the HN Guidelines[1]: "Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity."
1:https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html