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It's not unusual for new accounts to make posts that reach the top 5 of a subreddit. Your HN account is only 19 days old, and your very first comment (https://n

It's not unusual for new accounts to make posts that reach the top 5 of a subreddit. Your HN account is only 19 days old, and your very first comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29223698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29223698) was a politically charged message that was flagged to death. Are we supposed to be concerned about that? Where is the evidence that the cancer story is fake? It's common for individuals in the U.S. with health conditions that require long-term care to suffer financially even with insurance: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-control-medical-debt-after-a-cancer-diagnosis-2019-05-21 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-control-medical-deb... Of course there are propaganda campaigns on social media, but what you've found so far isn't nearly enough to establish that the entire /r/antiwork subreddit is one. It's just a group of people complaining about working conditions, and groups like this have existed as long as employment has existed.

HNTA_1 5y ago
>It's not unusual for new accounts to make posts that reach the top 5 of a subreddit. Yes it is. It's unusual, and mostly impossible on larger subreddits (automode). Subreddits designed for propaganda though... >Your HN account is only 19 days old, This isn't reddit, I'm not making karma farming posts, and there haven't been federal investigations and congressional hearings that confirmed HackerNews is a known target for propaganda campaigns. >and your very first comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29223698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29223698) was a politically charged message that was flagged to death. Wasn't politically charged, it was just inconvenient facts. Also wasn't flagged, it was auto-killed. >Are we supposed to be concerned about that? Concerned about uncomfortable facts? >Where is the evidence that the cancer story is fake? It's hilariously obviously fake, don't be so gullible. The OP of the "story" got a permanent suspension.

HNTA_1 5y ago

>It's not unusual for new accounts to make posts that reach the top 5 of a subreddit. Yes it is. It's unusual, and mostly impossible on larger subreddits (automode). Subreddits designed for propaganda though... >Your HN account is only 19 days old, This isn't reddit, I'm not making karma farming posts, and there haven't been federal investigations and congressional hearings that confirmed HackerNews is a known target for propaganda campaigns. >and your very first comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29223698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29223698) was a politically charged message that was flagged to death. Wasn't politically charged, it was just inconvenient facts. Also wasn't flagged, it was auto-killed. >Are we supposed to be concerned about that? Concerned about uncomfortable facts? >Where is the evidence that the cancer story is fake? It's hilariously obviously fake, don't be so gullible. The OP of the "story" got a permanent suspension.