Why do these types of low quality, seemingly spam / SEO articles always rise to the top on weekend mornings? Is it lack of competition? Easier to manipulate votes?
I'm hurt :(
PS: we spend tens of hours writing those piece of content and even pay a technical editor to spot the typo and make it more readable since we're not native English. You might not like this post, but I can assure that genuine care was put into writing this!
Metaphor would be "Everything you need to know about fixing cars" and the article shows you how to check the engine light, change oil, rotate tires, and replace spark plugs. There's just no way to make a promise that large and have your article be considered high quality.
Would recommend you ignore passing comments with no constructive criticism. The title is going to be a point of contention as it’s a big claim and probably being misinterpreted as not “everything you need to know [to get started]” but rather “everything you need to know [ever is in this one article and you’ll need not read anything else]”.
most of negative comments will go away
While I’m glad it’s not GPT-3 level spam, or outsource to third world country for copy level spam, in my opinion the article fails in several fundamental ways, noted above. Putting “genuine care” into something is commendable, but is not a substitute for quality, relevant content.
OTOH you’re getting lots of clicks and views for whatever product you’re selling, and even my comments help the “traction” HN gives it, so it doesn’t actually matter what I think.
But thanks for your contribution I guess..