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Comment by mrtksn | Hacker News Reader

I don't know why this is flagged. It's a legit entrepreneurial story(We can't know if the the claims are true but the story is a legit one).

At first it was hard to understand what it is all about and sounded like get rich quick scheme but essentially it is about someone building a service to check the authenticity of physical items.

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I actually found the writeup refreshing in acknowledging the luck (but also the hard work) behind the success.

Also unsure why it's flagged when I came back to comment after reading. The vouch button is also missing for me (or is that only for dead stuff? Not sure what the difference is)

Yep, I like the writing style too. Upvoted but don't know if this will help.

It takes a lot of upvotes to cancel out flags, unfortunately.

Hey thanks! I was curious to see if handling the topic of luck did vibe with people. Thanks for taking the time to mention this, as it's very valuable to me

I flagged it originally because at a glance it looks exactly like a scam. I unflagged it after seeing people actually having a discussion about it and saying there's something to it.

It's true that the title was sensationalistic, and I'm the OP. I probably hang too much in the 'build in public' sphere where it's all about the numbers

I mean it'd obviously benefit me more if we kept the old title, but that'd be too much me, and too little for the community

Title got corrected and I'm actually grateful the post wasn't fully taken down (or that I wasn't banned)

EDIT: And thanks for the comment below saying u upvoted!

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