A lot of people work with the startup digest. I'm one of them. When I saw that Venture Hacks wrote such an awesome post about us, I couldn't believe it, got really excited, and immediately up-voted it and added a really positive comment.

Usually, I'm more measured on HN and take care to make everything very focused and value-added.

I think in this case people got carried away and in their enthusiasm left comments that look spammy.

To be clear, no-one involved with SUD is making any money. And everyone has their own startups to boot! It is a pure labor of love driven by a shared passion to bring startup communities together.