Ads/ Promoted posts on HN front page?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5367297

by treskot • 13 years ago

2 5 13 years ago

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Just spotted something interesting on HN front page page. What I consider as an advert or a promoted post.

http://i.imgur.com/T5U60Oh.jpg

Is this something that happens often on Hacker News?

redegg• 13 years ago

You must be new here. YC companies get limited advertising.

brudgers• 13 years ago

Treskot's profile is four times as old as yours.

username111• 13 years ago

The job postings used to have upvotes in the same way that articles did is probably why the OP is questioning this.

argonaut• 13 years ago

Yes. YC companies are allowed to frequently submit job postings. They start out at the top of the front page and decay at a fixed rate.

27182818284• 13 years ago

It is interesting to me, given the age of your profile, that you just noticed this. I'm about as old as you are, and its been noticeable for a while and happens frequently.

If you click the "jobs" link next to "ask" and "submit" you'll see a filtered list of links including the one in your screenshot.

Ads/ Promoted posts on HN front page?

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