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Interestingly there was a Ask HN about Amazon using HN for advertising its product recently as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18553815. It was around the time of reinvent, which makes sense, but it also made some people suspicious.

Disclaimer: I work at Google but do not post on behalf of my company.

Edit: Removed facetious comment about potentially enjoying being on HN as part of my job.

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Wouldn’t that type of job make you really cynical about every other comment you read online? If your posts are hidden ads then what about the others?

There is a difference between an advertisement that is labeled as one and a disingenuous post on a site like this one where that type of activity is nonexistent.

While you might derive some short-term pleasure from the challenge of infiltrating people’s trust boundaries, it can’t be something to be proud of.

My apologies, I was trying to include a facetious comment about enjoying spending time here as part of my job, not that I would enjoy being an anonymous shill. That wasn't clear, and I've updated the GP to reflect that.

I greatly enjoy and value the discussion here. Being a part of the community in an open and clear role would be compelling, and I absolutely agree that subterfuge hurts the community.

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