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Comment by Porthos9K | Hacker News Reader

Isn't this why we used to get together and have LAN parties, so that we could play on a 10/100mbps network without other Internet traffic in the way? (And so that if a player started trash-talking the rest of us could beat the shit out of them?)

Also, was the sales pitch in the second half really necessary?

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The point of the post is the sales pitch.

And the submitter is the CEO as it seems.

"user: gafferongames

created: November 26, 2014

karma: 173

about: Founder and CEO, Network Next."

Is this within HN rules to post sales pitches, esp. by HN members, at least without being very clear about it?

I think this is exactly what HN is for. You're free to promote your project. It's just a shame that this project, while a technical achievement, puts them solidly on moral low ground.

Surely this is preferable to the trivial circumvention of your proposal where you just ask a friend to post something for you. A trick that basically silences all Redditors that would otherwise complain about “ads”. I’d rather people just post their own stuff and we judge the content on its own basis.

It is preferable to the extent that the poster is transparent about their intentions.

The user name posting this could be 'NetworkNext' or a brief disclosure could be in the original post -- either of these would provide some transparency. With transparency there would be fewer clicks on the link but greater trust in the content.

Exactly this. I'm fine with people posting their own stuff but I want to know.

At my time it was because the Internet was too slow in the first place and too expansive. Also it was nice to get together, play, drink and smoke weed for a whole weekend.

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