"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https:

"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Interestingly, the guidelines only refer to "insinuations" not unequivical accusations supported by evidence. IMO, the later has value.