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> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If
by wchar_t 5y ago
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
I agree. But please don't group all accusations into this bucket -- take a look at OP's comment history, they do have a tendency to make these kind of comments.
- unmole 5y ago> they do have a tendency to make these kind of comments. Sure. But I'm not seeing anything to indicate that it is a bot or a shill account. There are plenty of other perfectly normal comments too.