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simonw is a fine contributor to HN and we're lucky to have him.

I realize that for some people there is too much LLM-related content and (therefore?) too much by certain authors, but that has always been the case for certain topics and certain authors in HN's history. This is a side effect of the frontpage being the same for everyone, and therefore the scarcest resource.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

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Simon is not the OP. He’s just commenting on his own work. How is that spam?
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Simon, thank you for your comments and the great content you create. I've learned a lot from your blogposts and your experiments.
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My comment here is entirely justified in this case.

Someone else submitted my vibe-coded slop site to the front page without any context, and it accumulated enough votes to show up at the top.

I could have linked to my blog post about it, but instead I linked to a Hacker News comment precisely because I anticipated complaints about "spamming" if I linked to my blog.

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You don't know, SimonW made Django Python framework?
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Chuckling at a Python reference in a comment thread arguing about spam.
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Didn't he leave the project before it even had an official release?
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https://simonwillison.net/2005/Jul/17/django/

> I haven’t been involved with Django since leaving the Journal-World back in September, but now that the framework is open-sourced I look forward to contributing to its further development—both in terms of documentation and actual code.

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Having done a thing does not make a person into a demigod embodiment for life, please remember that guys.
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What am I "doing" here?
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How is this comment "spam"? Spell it out for me.

(I think you may be confusing "spam" with "prolific". I write a lot.)

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I think folks are a little too aggressive here but I know I typically have your posts muted by default for me simply because too often it was just blog spam about something you wrote before. I suspect the greater HN in net likes your work but there is a pretty wide spectrum and I would say you definitely blur the limits between spam and “prolific”.
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You don't like seeing the top post of every model thread being a link to some SVG pelican that he generated?
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Once again, continues to gaslight after spamming a post with another top-posted comment after having to “justify” it. In this case, You already admitted to it.

There is just no end or need to rapidly post on every opportunity that involves “AI” or whatever that is related to it.

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Seriously, what's your definition of spam?

Or an easier question: how am I gaslighting here? You should be able to spell that out.

(You do understand that the top linked site here was built by me, but has no authorship information on it at all, right? That's why I posted a comment explaining what it is.)

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.. I know its tempting to try to reply to all these people but I'd just ignore them. A lot of them feel stressed by AI and it has nothing to do with you personally.
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"Am I so out of touch?"

"No, it's the children who are wrong".

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Spam = excessive promotion of your work. It’s not one comment, but the entire context of all your comments.

Gaslighting because it’s so OBVIOUS that this is what people are referring to by “spam” that you almost have to be purposely pretending to not understand. Such a prolific writer simply has to be aware of the fine line where promoting your work becomes excessive.

Not taking sides here.

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Someone else posted his site to HN, not Simon. He responds with additional context and also responds to links to other HN comments he’s made rather than just linking back to his own site. The only person gaslighting here is you.
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maybe chill out dog
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I share the sentiment of the parent (downvoted) commenter.
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I just tune out every post that says “I wrote about this already” and then links to it. Simon is great and kudos for his self promotion but it’s interesting to see as it’s often called out for anyone else.

The guy is good but he certainly stretches the limit. I just auto ignore his stuff but I know others enjoy!

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