[whyme]

Ever seen those web adverts that list a few generic health problems and ask you to 'click here', or read a horoscope that makes claims almost anyone can relate to?

So how is this different? Why so many upvotes...really, this is just more spam - is it not?

[ScottWhigham]

I think it's either (a) a voting ring, or (b) the changing demographic here. Ignoring (a) (because we can't prove/disprove as we aren't admins/mods), we can discuss (b).

5-7 years ago, this place was "mostly founders and early employees". This would've likely been flagged or, at best, only received a few upvotes. Today, I suspect its 10% "founders and early employees" and 90% "other". This is likely interesting to the "other" demographic - first they've seen it, or it may resonate with them because it's very negative focused and they see themselves in it.

[diminoten]

Upvotes almost by definition (assuming they're genuine) make this not spam.