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> Remember the “Russians are putting bounties on Americans in the Middle East” article that was well promoted by prominent individuals on this site, and then tu
by adolph 2y ago
> Remember the “Russians are putting bounties on Americans in the Middle East” article that was well promoted by prominent individuals on this site, and then turned out to be fake?
I don't recall that being promoted on this site and in review [0] the few times it was claimed, there was solid pushback. Maybe you have different examples?
0. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=american%20bounties&sort=byDate&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- liontwist 2y agoPaul was personally promoting it on twitter and suggesting war (as were other well connected figures).
- toast0 2y agoI read posted (by prominent individuals) on this site because if we were talking about posted [elsewhere] by (prominent individuals on this site), it doesn't seem relevant to a discussion that's happening on this site.
- liontwist 2y agoI am not suggesting HN is a target for the US government, but that prominent people are targets of consensus forming efforts.
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoI would be incredibly surprised if HN is NOT a target for the US government, given not only the power of people frequenting it but also the deep link between silicon valley and the military industrial "defence" complex.
- adolph 2y agoI don't doubt you and in taking the steps to reproduce your finding 'No results for "from:paulg bounty".' Maybe was deleted?
- liontwist 2y agoTwitter search “Russia”