[gabemart]

>97% didn't react to your shameless plug, and probably a good chunk of these were annoyed by it

I think that's a pretty bold claim. I can't remember ever being annoyed by a blog post which included a brief "This is me and what I do" plug.

[benologist]

It's not the "This is me and what I do" plug that's annoying, it's the endless advertisements its attached to.

Right now we have on or just falling off the front page

- 37signals writing about Siri

- Thumbtack writing about ab testing

- weddinglovely on why a startup has a print product

These are advertisements disguised as random bla bla written for HN.

[pestaa]

Not all random bla blas are created equal.

There are a few authors I wish they advertise themselves more on HN.