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From the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html): > "Please don't impute astroturfing or
by grzm 8y ago
From the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html):
> "Please don't impute astroturfing or shillage. That degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about it, email us and we'll look at the data."
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- justtopost 8y agoFair enough. But the nature of the beast makes a semi-well thought out promotion and/or suppression campaign rather hard to pin down in concrete terms. Perhaps just a loyal fanbase or independent employee or 2 is responsible, but I cant exactly sumbit a smoking gun now can I? This whole policy seems rife for abuse. But I honestly don't know a better way, without introducing adjunt issues. My sincere apologies if I reduced the quality of discourse as implied in the guidelines.