$200k in sales from a $6k advertisement
3% is good but fairly common conversion rate for an ad. Not really groundbreaking nor newsworthy.But why it's on HN then? The answer - you are the product and HN is a marketplace. This makes HN kind of spoiled place to be at, as it amplifies the illusion of "good things" you "must have" or "participate in".I really miss the golden era of BYTE magazine in the 80s. That was a classy act. But what we have now is a noisy reactor, where nearly everything is worthless but fuels illusion and false hopes. We give in without even considering an evident fact that we are being manipulated for cheap.Yes, I may sound too dark, but then let's not call HN "a community". This a commercial enterprise with its own interests under the hood. Not the neutral place for intellectual discussions as it tries to appear.