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We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799635. Please don't post insinuations abo
by tomhow 2y ago
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799635.
Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- OgsyedIE 2y agoNoted, you can expect full compliance from me on that policy with regards any other detection positives in the future.
- dredmorbius 2y agoNB: If you have substantiated concerns, the correct course is to email mods. They are responsive to this. <hn@ycombinator.com> The problem with in-thread accusations isn't so much the lack of legitimacy but the deletrious effect on discussion quality, which is fragile at best: On shilling generally: <https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix=true&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment&query=by:dang%20astroturfing https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix=true&page=0&dateR...> On HN's fragility: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23047709 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23047709>