Ask HN: Why are so many Show HNs being flagged?

Many of them _are_ obvious spam: submitted from freshly created accounts, meaning that they're not HN users, promoting a paid service or product, and with an accompanying post that looks like an advertising blurb instead of written to show readers something interesting.

> promoting a paid service or product

There was a thread yesterday doing exactly this with over 450 points.

When I pointed it out, my comment was immediately downvoted to the bottom of the thread.

This place has a weird, almost cult-like, definition of what it loves and hates.

that wasn't a show HN?

> There was a thread yesterday

said thread was: CT scans of BYD car parts (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375824)

I noticed that the "Show" part is now often an afterthought and many more people just drop ads for their product.

slop, or worse, condoning slop (Slop images in a human written blog post, etc); only serves to confuse and muddle.

Obvious slop.