Yes I find it offensive because it doesn't seem to contain real content but appears to be a revenue generation scheme and something I used to appreciate about hacker news was it's lack of blatant crap articles.
The point in time I created my account bears no evidence towards the duration with which I have read hacker news or any previous accounts I may have held here.
Seriously donnacha you're being kind of a prick here. Given that I feel like this post is an SEO trick and your specialization appears to be SEO...