The thing about astroturfing is that, for every person being paid to promote something, you have dozens of fools parotting the corporate message for free. So, e

The thing about astroturfing is that, for every person being paid to promote something, you have dozens of fools parotting the corporate message for free. So, even if there were not any astroturfers on HN, the effects of their work would still affect opinion here. There is no way to stop it.