Show HN: Top HN Growth Hackers

I can't wait until the term "growth hacker" goes out of style.<p>HN is so averse to anything related to marketing, conversion optimization, or anything else similar to such practices that a whole new title has emerged simply so no one has to grimace when saying they need to hire a "marketer".<p>Call a spade a spade: growth hacker == marketer. Yes, they use data to lead their decision making process and are more empirical than traditional mad men style marketers, but that by no means warrants a whole new job title.<p>Growth hackers are just good marketers using the data and tools available to them.

OK, now somebody tell me how "growth hacker" is, specifically, different than just saying "marketer" or "marketing strategist?" Not to take anything away from the growth hackers, but I'm curious if this is just a meme, or if there's some actual substance to what a "growth hacker" does that's unique compared to other positions.

Just updated my profile to include "Growth Hacker". Curious to see how long it takes before I'm officially the Top one here.<p>Just nobody ask me what the term means, ok?

Maybe it's just chance that two meta-HN posts (Top HN ...) show up on the front page today, but it seems like a lot all of a sudden...