As mentioned by others in the other threads, I would not recommend continuing these summaries in an attempt to promote your Apply HN.
At minimum, it is an attempt to influence votes.
At minimum, it is an attempt to influence votes.
If this kind of summary is getting upvotes it is both proof of concept and promotion of the Apply HN. I see no problem with that. What is the problem in trying to influence people to upvote his application? It seems to me that this kind of influence is a feature, not a bug of this kind of application that YC chose to test.
Are you accusing him of breaking a rule or a spirit of a rule? Because your comment reads like that.
To me, this is an unequivocally useful service, and those imaginary internet points are well-earned. Very often a quick summary in the user's own words bubbles up to the top because people find it genuinely useful.
> Can I ask people to upvote my submission?
> No. Users should vote for a story because it's intellectually interesting, not because someone is promoting it.
I added the "at minimum" since it is a bad tactical decision for the OP anyways as it would potentially trigger the voting ring detector.
And no, "genuinely useful" does not morally counteract the impact of the promotion.
Because of that, these summaries are just comment spam.