[lapcat]

> N=1 is not a trend.

Every spammer is N=1.

> We don't know if the submitter has other active accounts that aren't in their real name.

That would be yet another HN guidelines violation: "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> If they are new to this site, can we be more welcoming?

Would you say the same to all spammers?

> This is cool content and made the front page.

There are a lot of cool paid products in the world. You're giving permission for everyone to just post their own "Buy" page here. That's not what HN is for. I'm a software developer myself, and while I have submitted some of my technical blog posts, I've never just submitted my product marketing pages.

And as I said in another comment, this shouldn't even be a "Show HN" post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36959608

[8organicbits]

Every spammer is not N=1. The user could submit their marketing page repeatedly. They could submit it from multiple accounts. That hasn't happened here, there's no need for outrage.

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=localcan.com