You guys appear to have a whole posse of accounts promoting your stuff in dubious ways on HN. I&#x27;m not sure exactly where the line is between normal sharing of information and abuse, but wherever it is, you&#x27;re on the wrong side.<p>HN threads are for conversations, not commercials. There&#x27;s nothing wrong with linking to one&#x27;s own work when it comes up naturally in a genuine conversation. Abusing conversation for promotional purposes, though, is another matter. When accounts do that repeatedly, we ban them as well as the site they&#x27;re promoting.