[headgasket]

We dont know, but backblaze sure knows how to: 1. print backblaze's brand as often as linguistically possible in the same article. 2. Get to the top of HN over a 50 yrs old technology's failure rate without clustering for brand spin speed density etc. (read not much)

Am I unaware that there are new paid spots on the first page of HN? (it would make sense I guess, from a business perspective)

TIA to anyone that can be of help on this, cheerio, (and good luck to Blackblaze, backblaze a path to a backblazing success!)

[nwh]

There's always been paid articles. This is not one of them. They get to the front page because they're usually well written, contain interesting information, and are relevant to the HN user base.

Don't like it? Don't vote for it.

[atYevP]

Yev from Backblaze | One might say that we are "Backblazing a trail"? To my knowledge we've never paid for a HN top article. People tend to like our pod and storage related stuff and we're always thrilled to see it on here, so we come and chat about it along with everyone. The discussions are awesome. I'll chat with the writing team to see if we can take out one or two Backblaze's from future posts ;-)

[headgasket]

Hey, it was tongue-in-cheek. Your service looks awesome, and as an awareness piece it was bang on. Although I don't recall hearing about backblaze before, the name has been ringing in my ears all day. Keep up the good work and good luck!