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Because these are astroturfed responses attacking Brave. You see it on here anytime the browser is mentioned. Meanwhile, it's the best browser available by a mi

by yucky 4y ago

Because these are astroturfed responses attacking Brave. You see it on here anytime the browser is mentioned. Meanwhile, it's the best browser available by a mile which explains their attacks.

suprjami 4y ago
Got an impartial source for "best"? https://privacytests.org/ https://privacytests.org/ is created by a Brave employee, so that doesn't count
- GeorgeWBasic 4y ago
  You're asking someone for a source for their opinion, instead of understanding what an opinion is?
  - judge2020 4y ago
    "which explains their attacks" implies "they only attack brave because they know it's objectively better than other browsers".
- yucky 4y ago
  [flagged]
crummy 4y ago
people are paying hacker news commenters to post this stuff?
- salad-tycoon 4y ago
  I think he is saying it’s group think as in “who taught you to think that?” As in, it’s a popular opinion not necessarily carried with the intention of deceit or financial gain of the individual but never the less a coaches or programmed response. Like fanboys.
- zaroth 4y ago
  I don’t know about “astroturf” and I don’t use Brave or follow it particularly, but the qualms with Brave’s insertion of referral codes and the negative comments around their apology all seem to miss the mark or seem vendetta-ish / politicized. For example; complaining about privacy, (which was entirely unaffected) or complaining that they couldn’t have possibly done it by mistake (which is not what they said happened). When I see repeated comments saying wrong things emphatically, it certainly sets off a bit of a radar.
- japaneseminisub 4y ago
  Probably more like a PR firm or social monitoring/management company is being paid a princely fee to monitor for things like this and then forum slide, distract, change topic etc. Source: I work in the same office as one of these companies. They don't work for Google but for another big, well known social platform.

by yucky 4y ago

Because these are astroturfed responses attacking Brave. You see it on here anytime the browser is mentioned. Meanwhile, it's the best browser available by a mile which explains their attacks.

suprjami 4y ago

Got an impartial source for "best"? https://privacytests.org/ https://privacytests.org/ is created by a Brave employee, so that doesn't count

GeorgeWBasic 4y ago
You're asking someone for a source for their opinion, instead of understanding what an opinion is?
- judge2020 4y ago
  "which explains their attacks" implies "they only attack brave because they know it's objectively better than other browsers".
yucky 4y ago
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crummy 4y ago

people are paying hacker news commenters to post this stuff?

salad-tycoon 4y ago
I think he is saying it’s group think as in “who taught you to think that?” As in, it’s a popular opinion not necessarily carried with the intention of deceit or financial gain of the individual but never the less a coaches or programmed response. Like fanboys.
zaroth 4y ago
I don’t know about “astroturf” and I don’t use Brave or follow it particularly, but the qualms with Brave’s insertion of referral codes and the negative comments around their apology all seem to miss the mark or seem vendetta-ish / politicized. For example; complaining about privacy, (which was entirely unaffected) or complaining that they couldn’t have possibly done it by mistake (which is not what they said happened). When I see repeated comments saying wrong things emphatically, it certainly sets off a bit of a radar.
japaneseminisub 4y ago
Probably more like a PR firm or social monitoring/management company is being paid a princely fee to monitor for things like this and then forum slide, distract, change topic etc. Source: I work in the same office as one of these companies. They don't work for Google but for another big, well known social platform.