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"Accusations of astroturfing or shilling without evidence are not allowed on HN. Rushing to that as an explanation is, invariably, evidence of sloppy thinking—o
by abduhl 10y ago
"Accusations of astroturfing or shilling without evidence are not allowed on HN. Rushing to that as an explanation is, invariably, evidence of sloppy thinking—or maybe non-thinking, of the kind that political passion leads us all to."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13345070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13345070
- timthelion 10y agoI've long been thinking about creating an army of bots to promote my views on HN. Now I'll definitely do it!
- woodandsteel 10y agoBut in this case evidence was presented that the person is a shill, and in addition there were fact-based arguments against the position advocated by the alleged shill. Seems what you are saying is that we shouldn't be allowed to defend ourselves against shills by any means.