[simonw]

My blog genuinely is a day job now, I make enough from the (unobtrusive, cookie-free) sponsorship banner that I no longer regret not having a proper software engineering job.

[owebmaster]

Isn't time for you to give us a break and stop posting in all threads then? It's clearly spamming.

[freedomben]

Some of us really like simonw's analysis, personality, and transparency. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it "spam"

[owebmaster]

He plainly stated that he's spamming HN. The fact that you like the content doesn't change that

[freedomben]

link? I don't see it on this page but it's a big thread and may have missed it.

[brazukadev]

> My blog genuinely is a day job now, I make enough from the (unobtrusive, cookie-free) sponsorship banner

Posting his links and engaging in the discussions is his main job. This is spam, even if you like it - because most people don't want to see one person posting their links on every AI discussion, ranked at the top just because among hundreds of thousands of people reading HN, some thousands are not annoyed by seeing his blog links in every post.

[nsonha]

The corect term is being a tech influencer and even if you say it with a bad connotation it's completely different than spamming which is low/no effort posting and most of the times selling something.

If having a job makes you unable to use basic English, then it's time to take a break like he does maybe.

[mdp2021]

Does he provide content of value? If so, it ain't spam.

[signatoremo]

Who are "us"? Maybe you can set up a simonw-free forum and bring your like minded over there?

[pheaded_while9]

I see you're being blammed. "They hated him because he spoke the truth." Just because this online character is from your alma mater website doesn't mean he's not cynically and shamelessly self-promoting.