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> This likely triggered the alarms in the industry who then payed to slip some "counter-argument" piece into HN. Data point: the OP has 98K+ karma and has been
by CodeWriter23 6y ago
> This likely triggered the alarms in the industry who then payed to slip some "counter-argument" piece into HN.
Data point: the OP has 98K+ karma and has been a member since 2007. His/her submission history also seems to be mostly informative. Tin foil hat indeed.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoThe same submission was actually posted twice before from greener accounts, one was flagged the other ignored. It only broke through (to the second page of HN) with this submission. I am not questioning the authenticity of Alex's submission but if you think old accounts can't be bought or rented, for the reward of being able to shape public opinion, then you are in for a surprise. Any forum, once it becomes big enough and relevant enough to shape public opinion, will eventually be used by lobby/PR people.
- CodeWriter23 6y agoThat’s why I noted it as a data point, not a fact. Here’s another data point though, starting with the “Keep America Beautiful” campaign with Iron Eyes Cody in the 70’s, the Petroleum Industry’s PRopaganda position has been to transfer responsibility for the scourge of single-use plastics from their industry to the citizenry. This article, if propped up by Big Oil, would represent a major departure from that position.