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Any reason for the downvotes? Not sure how hard work towards a noble cause can be a negative thing

Linking to your own stuff is ok in relevant contexts as long as you're not doing it too much, but from https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=billions I'd say you've been hovering on doing it too much.

HN users don't like it when people use this site for promotion, and they also tire of repetition. Keep in mind that there have been dozens of Covid-19-related projects posted here, so it isn't just repetition of your own links, but repetition of the category.

This is the first honest explanation I've received - thank you. SneezeMap has had hundreds of upvotes on reddit, been praised by industry leaders like Balaji Srinivasan, received free sponsorship from Facebook, and been approached by 2 Y-Combinator companies for parternship opportunities. In my experience it takes a few tries to get relevant content to enter forum discussion.

Your thoughts on this @dang?

No disrespect but it's pretty useless. My "location" is where my browser "thinks" I am, no ability to correct it, and I was able to report myself as 'sick' which leads to your dataset being polluted.

Data which isn't verifiable is useless, wrong and potentially dangerous. IMO it's important that those who claim they are sick are actually sick.

If they're not, the data point isn't useful especially on a larger scale.

Thanks for the feedback. While there are likely be a few people behind VPNs and people who misreport symptoms, statistically they are insignificant. For location, you would expect multiple reports in a central hub's location - there are not. Why is there is an extremely high correlation with the CDC confirmed cases map, which is available by hitting the right arrow on the legend?

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