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Comment by mtmail | Hacker News Reader

Are you the author? You've submitted that page three times in two days.

How can you tell? I only see one comment in her profile and I have showdead enabled.

I'm not surprised they've been deleted if she's spamming like this but curious if you just recognized the username or if there's another setting I need to enable to see those comments.

I'm not sure GP's claim is true. HN search shows one "Show HN" post and two comments with that website as links, all submitted by different usernames. I don't think this is an inappropriate level of promotion.

The history you see is all there's ever been.

Thank you (and others) for pointing out that affiliation should always be spelled out. I'm very sorry for unintentionally causing such a stir but grateful for the learning lesson. I'm part of the team working on the site and will make sure to make that clear in the future. Thank you!

He probably is. That said, you might also want to take a look at Stockfolio then: https://stockfolioapp.com.

Full disclosure: I'm the author. Also, we're pushing a major update sometime next week.

Why Mac only? :(

This sort of app can easily be on the web, at least.

So what? Does it hurt you in some way? I don't see the issue with people advertising their projects when the opportunity arises. This is HN, the home of software hustlers, ya' know.

I agree. A shameless plug in a relevant thread is actually helpful to people.

Sorry, I didn't want to move the discussion in that direction. The recent 'Show HN' of the page was a different user (I assume author, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15758440). So I was wondering if the other account is a co-author/employee/second account of the same user because "hey, author here" comments often lead to good insight, e.g. features, comparison. Shameless plug is fine, it's a highly relevant service now that Google removed features.

It's fine as long as it's clear that the author is talking about his/her own creation.

OK, but developers should still disclose their affiliation.

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