Wow I just checked up on HN and surprised to see a bunch of responses to this post.<p>Sorry if I offended anyone, but I want to offer an explanation as to why it's the only blog post. I don't have a blog. That's why it's the only blog post, and I've heard that it'd be better to submit a blog post instead of typing it all in the comment when submitting. So I decided to start a blog.<p>I really wanted to get that post out and google blogs kept on rejecting my display name so I kept adding to it until it worked. I also really wanted to go to sleep last night. But I am actually going to keep that URL, at least until I buy my own personal domain.<p>So yea I didn't intend to "spam" and I think I had something meaningful to say, so before you go ahead and label it as spam, please at least read it.<p>Also to address your statement about merit: I think that only applies in a perfectly ideal system. No offense to HN, but I don't think the system is perfectly ideal yet. I think there are probably tons of stuff that are deserving of attention but simply posted at the wrong time. I know this because I've seen lots of people post "duplicate" and what else could have caused it than the fact that the system somehow failed. And because I don't have perfect faith in the system I feel I had to "plug" it. But I did my best not to cheat. I think my link was at least somewhat appropriate (also I tried to be upfront about the promotion too by admitting I was desperate--that wasn't edited in).<p>So if you truly believe in a meritocracy, then please, I'll ask again, take a look at the article and determine its merit by the article alone without the need to judge it by my supposed shamelessness.<p>Also take a look at my previous comments. This would be the first time I not only self-promoted but also "spammed" a link.