People aren't treating it as a thoughtful contribution. It is more of a flag, like "spam".

HN already has a feature for that. Just flag the article!

I appreciate when people write things like, "this is an advertisement for the author's product, X." Why stay silent? If the commenter's accusation smells fishy, I'll read the article myself. Otherwise, they helped me.

	▲	cj a day ago \| parent [-]
		To me, it’s the equivalent of “HN is turning into Reddit” - it’s just a complaint without adding to the discussion.