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I am seeing the same that you're seeing now. Those grayed comments are back to black. Why do we even have such a huge oscillation? I am extremely suspicious bu
by fermienrico 6y ago
I am seeing the same that you're seeing now. Those grayed comments are back to black.
Why do we even have such a huge oscillation? I am extremely suspicious but cautious with allegation without data.
What I am sure of is the following:
Comments start out positive, then comes the hammer and they go extremely gray (the lightest color and bottom out at -4?) and then we have them back to normal levels. This is a really concerning behavior. If we had a plot of vote vs. time, we'd see this hammer come down. I strongly suspect.
- yongjik 6y agoWell I'm no HN admin, but from my own experience, a comment can switch between grey/black with only a few votes. You are basically saying that a controversial comment gets upvotes, downvotes, and then upvotes. A pro-China commenter would see the exact same data as you see, and claim this is an evidence of anti-Chinese brigading ("hammer"). * While I was writing this my original comment score went from 1 to 2 to 0, which kinda proves my point...
- fermienrico 6y agoI see, if there is benevolent behavior, I think that's fine. What I am concerned about is a coordinated astroturfing that is perhaps state sponsored to change the western narrative. That's pretty fricking scary and should be investigated if that's the case.