Call me a cynic, but I feel manipulated when a brand new account posts a question mentioning a product posted on Show HN an hour prior, by a another new account

Call me a cynic, but I feel manipulated when a brand new account posts a question mentioning a product posted on Show HN an hour prior, by a another new account, and the Show HN only has [dead] comments by brand new accounts. Oh, and the vote count here looks inflated as well. Flagged. Edit: oh, look, what a weird coincidence: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44049961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44049961