N=1 is not a trend. We don't know if the submitter has other active accounts that aren't in their real name. If they are new to this site, can we be more welcoming? This is cool content and made the front page.
> We don't know if the submitter has other active accounts that aren't in their real name.
That would be yet another HN guidelines violation: "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> If they are new to this site, can we be more welcoming?
Would you say the same to all spammers?
> This is cool content and made the front page.
There are a lot of cool paid products in the world. You're giving permission for everyone to just post their own "Buy" page here. That's not what HN is for. I'm a software developer myself, and while I have submitted some of my technical blog posts, I've never just submitted my product marketing pages.
Every spammer is not N=1. The user could submit their marketing page repeatedly. They could submit it from multiple accounts. That hasn't happened here, there's no need for outrage.
