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Did you get your 50 cents for that post, anonymous new account?
by HumanDrivenDev 9y ago
Did you get your 50 cents for that post, anonymous new account?
- eddieplan9 9y agoFor those who don't know what 50 cents refers to: they are internet commentators employed by the Chinese government for (dis)information campaigns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoThat's the one. They've made 3 posts here, all of which are quoting pro-chinese military articles with minimal contributions of their own. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wrg91237 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wrg91237 Not the first time I've seen stuff like this.
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