Similarly, I wonder how many HN posts are made by shills or fake accounts to push certain technologies or tools. I know reddit gets astroturfed pretty heavily,

Similarly, I wonder how many HN posts are made by shills or fake accounts to push certain technologies or tools. I know reddit gets astroturfed pretty heavily, so I'd imagine something similar happens elsewhere. Certain technologies can appear a lot more popular than reality due to how much exposure they get on sites like HN, leading to a skewed perspective of the industry.