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> until very recently, I didn't know about the whole "astroturfing" thing You've been on HN since 2015 and you didn't know about astroturfing? You encounter it
by forapurpose 8y ago
> until very recently, I didn't know about the whole "astroturfing" thing
You've been on HN since 2015 and you didn't know about astroturfing? You encounter it daily here. This isn't a criticism of you, but I despair a bit. How new is this issue to other commenters?
- rfrey 8y ago>You encounter it daily here. I assume you’re referring to all the commenters with whom you disagree.
- forapurpose 8y agoPlease stop making assumptions about me.
- Operyl 8y agoIt seems like perhaps you shouldn’t make blanket assumptions about the commenters and submitters here either then, because you were pretty harsh in your own comment.
- dang 8y agoMost users who assume they're encountering astroturfing are jumping a mile to that conclusion. It exists, but overwhelmingly these perceptions turn out to be projection–as far as we can tell from evidence. If you think you see it happening, let us know at hn@ycombinator.com so we can investigate. But there's a reason why the site guidelines ask you not to bring this up in the threads: it damages good faith and is nearly always false. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html