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OT, but this comment tree is so bizarre, about 15 first time commenters with accounts ranging from 1 to 60 days old.

drinchev 9y ago
Indeed. I assume they are some sort of spam. Moderators should check it.
dzdt 9y ago
I think this is probably an organic result of confused people who WANT to comment on the FCC site but ended up here by mistake. If you type "gofccyourself" into google, the top three results are (1) a product hunt page with a John Oliver video but no above-the-fold link to the FCC or to http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com. (2) the confusing FCC "proceedings" page https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108) https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) where it is not obvious how to comment (3) this Hacker News thread (starting at grandparent post), labeled in google as "Clickable link : http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com | Hacker News". So a random internet user looking for a place to comment and knowing the term "gofccyourself" easily ends up here, at a page with the "Hacker News" banner, a one sentence "Clickable Link : http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com ", and then a comment box. Below is the comment thread following full of new users' comments about net neutrality. Some visitors assume this IS the FCC comment site. So when you go through the funnels of : type "gofccyourself" into address bar or search box --> get to third search result --> misunderstand this thread as the FCC public comment venue --> bother to register and comment, then you get the steady stream of comments here from newly registered accounts.
- drinchev 9y ago
  A couple of hours ago, I sent an e-mail to the moderators to do something about this. I can't delete my comment anymore, so I can't do anything to stop the comments.
- narrowrail 9y ago
  At first I was confused at this thread, then annoyed, and then I read this comment. This is really pretty humorous.
- joshschreuder 9y ago
  That is a possibility but it seems unlikely given the varying ages of the accounts. gofccyourself wouldn't even be a thing until a day or two ago, and some of the accounts are over a month old (with no comments until now)
  - dzdt 9y ago
    I tried a semi-random sample of new users on this thread. 10 of 10 I tried were created today.

Indeed. I assume they are some sort of spam. Moderators should check it.

dzdt 9y ago

I think this is probably an organic result of confused people who WANT to comment on the FCC site but ended up here by mistake. If you type "gofccyourself" into google, the top three results are (1) a product hunt page with a John Oliver video but no above-the-fold link to the FCC or to http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com. (2) the confusing FCC "proceedings" page https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108) https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) where it is not obvious how to comment (3) this Hacker News thread (starting at grandparent post), labeled in google as "Clickable link : http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com | Hacker News". So a random internet user looking for a place to comment and knowing the term "gofccyourself" easily ends up here, at a page with the "Hacker News" banner, a one sentence "Clickable Link : http://gofccyourself.com http://gofccyourself.com ", and then a comment box. Below is the comment thread following full of new users' comments about net neutrality. Some visitors assume this IS the FCC comment site. So when you go through the funnels of : type "gofccyourself" into address bar or search box --> get to third search result --> misunderstand this thread as the FCC public comment venue --> bother to register and comment, then you get the steady stream of comments here from newly registered accounts.

drinchev 9y ago
A couple of hours ago, I sent an e-mail to the moderators to do something about this. I can't delete my comment anymore, so I can't do anything to stop the comments.
narrowrail 9y ago
At first I was confused at this thread, then annoyed, and then I read this comment. This is really pretty humorous.
joshschreuder 9y ago
That is a possibility but it seems unlikely given the varying ages of the accounts. gofccyourself wouldn't even be a thing until a day or two ago, and some of the accounts are over a month old (with no comments until now)
- dzdt 9y ago
  I tried a semi-random sample of new users on this thread. 10 of 10 I tried were created today.