[andyprevalsky]

they aren't bots

they are friends & customers of the product that we told about our launch and they came to show support...

[dang]

Of course I believe you that they aren't bots, but it's against HN's rules to have friends show up to upvote and comment like this. It comes across as astroturfing, and HN's community (as you've no doubt noticed) is zealous in defending itself against this.

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

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

[andyprevalsky]

Yea I saw those rules a little too late after posting , that’s mb

[AllyRectangle]

I'm curious how this is any different from what every startup does when they launch and ask their employees/customers/friends to like and share their posts: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/martykausas_we-built-a-clickf...

[dang]

It's no different.