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forgotmypw
It looks like it is to draw attention to ycombinator.com, since that is the first word in the ad title.

The real question is, why are you browsing without a filter?

grzm
You're likely to get a better, faster, and authoritative response by contacting the mods directly using the contact link in the footer.

From the guidelines:

> Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Instead, please send it to hn@ycombinator.com.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you're looking to have a discussion about it, after getting a response, write up a blog post and submit it as a normal submission.

Meckin
wasn't, its to highlight a harder debate on why its Google ads are broken and forces brands to pay for their own keyworss
grzm
Then again, write that blog post and submit it to encourage that discussion. What you've written above does not guide conversation constructively in that direction.
Lex-2008
maybe, just maybe - to prevent others from taking that place. Telling it from my own experience: once I wanted to download some software, typed its name into Google (expecting to see official website as the first result), and saw advertisement for its competitor right at the top. Maybe paying for ads ensures that in this case your link would be on top when googling for your brand name?
dang
We don't. I have no idea how that came up there.