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Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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post #50

What's going on here exactly? Why does this post have an insane amount of upvotes and like 50 posts only with text like "Congratz my man!" or other people who seem to know this dude and contribute with nothing?

HN don't let majority of the users downvote, that's what's going on.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

#52
Congrats on your hard work Paras! As someone whose company/employer has used VWO for years now, it's by far the best A/B testing solution on the market, and a seriously powerful piece of kit that a lot of companies have really overlooked the potential in.

Interesting to hear that it was first posted on Hacker News as well.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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post #50

What's going on here exactly? Why does this post have an insane amount of upvotes and like 50 posts only with text like "Congratz my man!" or other people who seem to know this dude and contribute with nothing?

What do you think is going on? The call went out to upvote and "Congrats" spam this thread -- just look at the comment history on those accounts -- all inactive/active at around the same time.

I guess that's the lesson being taught here, have an army of sockpuppet accounts ready for your "Tell HN" thread and grow your business!

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

#56
post #50

What's going on here exactly? Why does this post have an insane amount of upvotes and like 50 posts only with text like "Congratz my man!" or other people who seem to know this dude and contribute with nothing?

Because there isn't much to say other than congratulations and at the same time it's nice to upvote such a post for feel good reasons and to showcase things that have been born out of this community.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

#57
post #51
post #50

What's going on here exactly? Why does this post have an insane amount of upvotes and like 50 posts only with text like "Congratz my man!" or other people who seem to know this dude and contribute with nothing?

HN don't let majority of the users downvote, that's what's going on.

This whole thread is a little bonkers. A dude posts what seems to be essentially a commercial for his company, extremely short and light on details and it gets 500+ upvotes in a couple of hours. But yeah maybe i have just become to cynical and my bullshit metre is off - and if that's the case i apologise and congratulate these dudes.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

#58
post #50

What's going on here exactly? Why does this post have an insane amount of upvotes and like 50 posts only with text like "Congratz my man!" or other people who seem to know this dude and contribute with nothing?

From the guidelines -

Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email us and we'll look at the data.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

#59
post #55
post #50

What's going on here exactly? Why does this post have an insane amount of upvotes and like 50 posts only with text like "Congratz my man!" or other people who seem to know this dude and contribute with nothing?

What do you think is going on? The call went out to upvote and "Congrats" spam this thread -- just look at the comment history on those accounts -- all inactive/active at around the same time. I guess that's the lesson being taught here, have an army of sockpuppet accounts ready for your "Tell HN" thread and grow your business!

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Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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post #50

What's going on here exactly? Why does this post have an insane amount of upvotes and like 50 posts only with text like "Congratz my man!" or other people who seem to know this dude and contribute with nothing?

From the guidelines - Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email us and we'll look at the data.

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