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I also enjoy hearing about new designs and sites, which is a main reason I read HN.

It's probably important to note that this isn't my article or opinion. I just found it interesting to read and slightly amusing.

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It's funny, I wouldn't mind being told about someone's new site design, but I would mind if it was some company "interrupting" (seriously? e-mail isn't real-time; I must have the metaphor wrong; why do I think of it as an interruption?) me to tell me about it. A third party can say, "Hey, check out this guy's redesign" and it's news, but when it comes straight from the company, I for some reason don't want it, unless I have established ferocious brand loyalty with them, like Nintendo, and their e-mails to me feel intimate (like I'm part of an in-group and they get me and I get them) instead of markety (unlike Nintendo, which feels spammy)

Edit: What introspective drivel is this? Nobody cares what I think about whether or not anybody cares what anybody thinks about anybody's website.

Oh, I mean no offense to you. It's always better to post links than to hesitate. Let the community decide. But always try to bring good stuff to the community.

Any good community has opinions on both sides.

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