> 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)