Google's HN Spammer

Eh, how is this proof that they are "Google's" spammer? They seem to post a huge amount of stuff, a lot of related to Google Glass. They are plenty of Glass fanboys out there already, just take a look at /r/android on Reddit.

Not to mention: when did it become a crime to post links to your own site? If it catches on -- fine. If not, no big deal.

ITWorld:

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=joewooglin

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=seshakiran

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=tech77

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jfruhlinger

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=abennett

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=bdking

Ziff Davis (Geek.com, PCMag.com, ExtremeTech.com, IGN.com):

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ukdm

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=russellholly

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=mrsebastian

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=adeelarshad82

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=11031a

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=memoryfailure

Betabeat:

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=met3

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ssalevan

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=benjaminkabin

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=nitashatiku

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=lovekandinsky

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=gnarls_manson

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=bookish08

MacObserver:

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jmartellaro

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=digiwizard

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=davethenerd

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=tanousjm

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Semteksam

Bostinno were prolific spammers way back when:

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=spaceballs

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=wfrick

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=polarslice

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kmccarth

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=dmcgregor

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=sliggity

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=DevlinMac

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=pgatzke

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=chezral

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=dbombs

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=apetroc

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=justinbomb

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=laurlandry

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=tq41

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cgarb

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=abshaw

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jerrelp

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=rocksy

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=thejerk

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=mixednuts

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=chermor

He's interested in Google/Glass and is sharing his interest with hn. Though it does seem he submits his own site (glass-apps.org) a lot, it's not the only site he submits. Also, a lot of great contributors to hn regularly submit their own sites, including a number of people on the hn leader board (see "Lists" link at the bottom of most hn pages).

Also, he's not trying to hide his identity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5450502

http://glass-apps.org/glasshole

https://plus.google.com/117240032172833853307

I've got nothing against anonymous or pseudonymous posters on hn, but there is some correlation between anon accounts and abuse like spamming or trolling (i.e. throw-away accounts).

If his submissions don't interest you then that's fine. Don't up-vote them. We're all different, and we all have different interests, but on rare occasions (i.e. everything on HN front page), a enough people agree something is interesting and up-vote it.

Heck, for me academic papers are interesting and I occasionally submit them here, but I'd be nuts to think the masses on hn agree with me that they're interesting.