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Why is this on HN?

• EasyTiger_ 10y ago
  The massive anti-Brexit, anti-Trump astroturfing campaign which has ruined reddit wants to come here, too.
  • pavlov 10y ago
    Both sides of this debate are equally guilty of accusing the others of astroturfing. To liberals, any pro-Trump poster must be a Russian operating out of a St. Petersburg fake news factory. To conservatives, any anti-Trump poster must be a paid protester on the payroll of George Soros. I feel it would make sense for HN to have a full ban on any accusations of astroturfing or paid trolling.
    • EasyTiger_ 10y ago
      And yet you don't see any blatant pro-Brexit or pro-Trump stories here
      • pavlov 10y ago
        Why do you think that is due to astroturfing? Everyone is free to post stories from Breitbart, Daily Mail or Russia Today. I guess they just don't get enough upvotes.
        • pessimizer 10y ago
          I'd be willing to bet that those particular sites are weighted negatively here. There are pro-Trump policy articles from more mainstream conservative sources, though.
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  • fnord123 10y ago
    Я должен буду помнить, что один!
    • vixen99 10y ago
      'I'll have to remember that one!' according to Google Translate.
  • sctb 10y ago
    Please don't post like this here. If you have specific concerns about astroturfing and you have evidence, please email us at hn@ycombinator.com and we can investigate. Otherwise this so predictably degrades the discussion that it looks just like trolling.
• adrianN 10y ago
  Someone submitted it and other people voted for it.
• Anderkent 10y ago
  Because HN has a big readership base in the UK, and people care about this issue?
• TorKlingberg 10y ago
  The UK, and especially London is a major startup hub, with many Europeans working or running companies here. It's sort of like articles about housing in San Francisco: not directly related to tech, but indirectly very important.