All we have left is a dumpster fire supported by ads.

> HN (website whose sole purpose is to let people advertise)

I don't think anyone comes here to read the advertisements (which is what paid job postings with no comments? I'll pass.). The closest you get are the "who's hiring" threads. Calling that an advertisement when both parties clearly want to engage seems wildly disingenuous. Advertisements are necessarily forced on people. There isn't a single person in human history whose life was improved by an advertisement (except the people hosting the ads, of course).

After seeing all the replies in this thread talking specifically about commercial advertisements, I'm guessing I'm misunderstanding the English word (i.e. somehow, submissions are not considered advertisement for the linked blogs, and only commercial ads are being treated as ads).