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I hacked a dating app (and how not to treat a security researcher)

(alexschapiro.com)
560 points bearsyankees | 2 comments | 12 May 25 16:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.408s | source
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voytec ◴[12 May 25 18:08 UTC] No.43965908[source]▶
I'm flagging this submission. Look at the author[0], at the "Georgetown students..." (won't backlink again) post linked below stating that Cerca was 2 months old in April, and OP's post from April stating that they hacked this thing two months earlier.

It's some self-promo or whatever scheme/scam bullshit.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=alexschapiro.com

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nik_0_0 ◴[12 May 25 18:39 UTC] No.43966205[source]▶
Posting the same link 4 times in 18 days, by the author, certainly seems like self-promo, but somehow allowed? I don't see any URL manipulation, and it certainly took off today. (I found it interesting!)

A&B testing of post names seems to lead some useful information ;)

I don't see your reference to "Georgetown students..." in either the website link or the user's submissions? Was it modified?

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1. bearsyankees ◴[12 May 25 18:44 UTC] No.43966257[source]▶
Glad you found it interesting, yeah I was experimenting with different names and obviously this one was the best. Not trying to self-promo as I am not like selling any product but just thought people would enjoy the article! Sorry if I violated any of the unwritten HN norms... but glad people are reading it now and having interesting discussions
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2. tptacek ◴[12 May 25 19:00 UTC] No.43966410[source]▶
You definitely shouldn't do what you did here, gaming your submissions this way. You can post your own stuff, of course.