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Is the massive number of spam messages on this thread an attempt to suppress the article / discussion around it? I've not seen this many from multiple but evid
by Jedd 2y ago
Is the massive number of spam messages on this thread an attempt to suppress the article / discussion around it?
I've not seen this many from multiple but evidently related green accounts before. Given the implications about nation state actors in play, it's tempting to jump to conclusions here.
- defrost 2y agoIt's multiple threads, not just this one, and it's been on and off the past few days. You can add these kind of lines: news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing.comtr:has(a.hnuser:has-text('banana_dick')) news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing.comtr:has(a.hnuser:has-text('sirspamalot')) to any uBlock or AdBlockPlus type extensions with manual compatible custom filters that you might have added to your browser. > It's quite amazing that these new "green" accounts can post as many messages as they want while I'm being restricted That's not what is happening .. look at the account names and the number of comments made by each.
- TacticalCoder 2y ago[dead]
- yellowapple 2y agoStill leaves me curious about the "why". Someone mad at HN about something? Just having a laugh?
- kibwen 2y agoNo, this has been happening for a few days now. Browse threads from the past week with showdead enabled and you'll see them.
- nebulous1 2y ago> showdead enabled Thanks, I didn't know this was something we could turn off. Although it does feel like they could just default to collapsed too.