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0 pointssillysaurus311y ago0 comments

The service costs $29/mo. Most people here make more than that per hour. It's completely illogical to worry about losing $30 unless that $30 has high utility to your life.

If they steal your money, you can make an HN submission about your experience, which will completely ruin their reputation. Their reputation is far more valuable than whatever small amount of pocket change they could skim by tricking a few HN users. Therefore, the chance that your money is going to be stolen is hovering just above nil.

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r0muald11y ago

Aren't you exaggerating when you say that

> an HN submission about your experience, [..] will completely ruin their reputation

Are there any cases like the example you suggested?

sillysaurus3OP11y ago

If they literally stole your money, which is what the parent poster was worrying about, then there's no chance their reputation will last very long. The HN post would just be the manifestation of that. In fact, I don't think anyone has ever posted a "Show HN" with malicious intent, let alone gotten away with it.

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