I look at the data on these posts all the time and can assure you that the interest in this one is genuine. There&#x27;s nothing implausible about a startup attracting attention on HN anyhow—especially when the startup started on HN.<p>People are much too quick to jump to a &quot;shilling&quot; explanation when other people&#x27;s interests differ from their own. We need a name for this bias.