[javanix]

Is it really any different than the YC job postings and constant posts from TechCrunch and the like?

Why wouldn't you make a post on HN to try to get some extra eyeballs? It isn't like you can pay to have posts on the front page - you still need support from viewers to move it up top.

[joshguthrie]

The YC job postings are relevant HN. They may seem like bacon to people who're not looking for a job (or are not interested by the YC club, but they are still a part of HN/YC.

TechCrunch is a different issue. Yes, cross-posting everything here through ghost accounts is a sucky move, yet their subjects are "relevant" (when it's about tech, silicon valley life),...

And I wouldn't go as far as say "People don't post on HN for extra eyeballs", but there's a difference between a member advertising a tech product and someone who creates an account just for advertising a non-tech product. If not, what's next? Anybody here trying to sell his car?

[javanix]

Again, the fact that enough people cared enough about his project to get it to the front page is enough for me to say "This is relevant to HN". He's an entrepreneur, it is a project well within the demographic for this site's purview, and he didn't do anything except submit it for people to look at and approve/disapprove of.

More power to you if you can get people to up-vote your ad for a 1992 Toyota Corolla without people flagging it into submission.