I've something like this article pop up time and again: "Flexport is hiring engineers around the world". It seems that the ability to comment and upvote is also disabled on such a post.<p>Which begs the question: is this an advertisement?
Yes, but it is only available to YC companies.<p>From <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html</a><p>> <i>Another kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments. They begin part-way down, then fall steadily, and only one should be on the front page at a time.</i>
In a way... Yes. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs</a><p>It's also described plainly in the FAQ <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html</a><p>No conspiracy here.