Is Hacker News showing me ads?

Question

I've something like this article pop up time and again: "Flexport is hiring engineers around the world". It seems that the ability to comment and upvote is also disabled on such a post.Which begs the question: is this an advertisement?

gus_massa · Accepted Answer

Yes, but it is only available to YC companies.
From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
> Another kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments. They begin part-way down, then fall steadily, and only one should be on the front page at a time.

viraptor · Answer

In a way... Yes. https://news.ycombinator.com/jobsIt's also described plainly in the FAQ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.htmlNo conspiracy here.

magnusmagnusson · Answer

There's a lot of links here that works as advertising. Likely majority of.

Is Hacker News showing me ads?

I've something like this article pop up time and again: "Flexport is hiring engineers around the world". It seems that the ability to comment and upvote is also disabled on such a post.
Which begs the question: is this an advertisement?

In a way... Yes. https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs
It's also described plainly in the FAQ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
No conspiracy here.

There's a lot of links here that works as advertising. Likely majority of.