It does if the links content is badly unfunny. Why should propaganda necessarily be something we see promoted on HN? At last previous MS ads apologised for the 1000s of hours debugging poor IE bugs.
Could be related to the similar app numbers story being exposed as questionable? People generally don't like sales stories that promote a product unless its from a trusted source.
Shape of things to come :(
It does if the links content is badly unfunny. Why should propaganda necessarily be something we see promoted on HN? At last previous MS ads apologised for the 1000s of hours debugging poor IE bugs.
Could be related to the similar app numbers story being exposed as questionable? People generally don't like sales stories that promote a product unless its from a trusted source.
Shape of things to come :(