I've noticed a ton of Show HN submissions in New recently are promptly flagged and killed. They don't appear to be obvious spam at first glance so what gives? Are bots doing this?
Many of them _are_ obvious spam: submitted from freshly created accounts, meaning that they're not HN users, promoting a paid service or product, and with an accompanying post that looks like an advertising blurb instead of written to show readers something interesting.
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