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Definitely fracking and Monsanto. I've also noticed some software and hardware products seem to have a shill presence. I think we all remember that 6 month per
by 43224gg252 9y ago
Definitely fracking and Monsanto. I've also noticed some software and hardware products seem to have a shill presence.
I think we all remember that 6 month period where Microsoft decided to shove VSCode down every ones throat. It was impossible to get away from. New vim released? "Yeah vim is good but now I use VSCode TM". New sublime? New Atom? Same thing. They were aggressive with that one.
- TheRealDunkirk 9y agoI once implied that Microsoft was targeting HN as part of that astroturfing campaign, and was threatened with banination.
- hellbanner 9y agoOn Reddit?
- ascorbic 9y agoI saw loads of accusations of that, but very little evidence to suggest that these were shills, rather than real people who like VS Code. We all get very passionate about our editors, and lots of people use and like VS Code so it's not surprising people comment about it when the discussion is about editors. I like VS Code. I can't remember if I've ever commented to this effect. I'm not a MS shill.
- philh 9y ago> I think we all remember that 6 month period where Microsoft decided to shove VSCode down every ones throat. Not me. I don't remember hearing about VSCode until a few months back. I had no idea it was first released two years ago. Maybe I just wasn't reading the right places. But I subscribe to /r/programming, and I think I would expect that to get hit, if they're going to be astroturfing on reddit? I'm not saying this definitely didn't happen, but I'm skeptical.
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