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(Unrelated to main topic) Why is number of dead comments so high here? Do bots search for keywords that may increase views like "starlink" or something?
by stanac 1y ago
(Unrelated to main topic) Why is number of dead comments so high here? Do bots search for keywords that may increase views like "starlink" or something?
- euLh7SM5HDFY 1y agoI choose to believe HN flame wars are still 100% organic. It is "just" immigration from Reddit. Ars Technica also has more trolls in comments under any Musk related topics.
- croisillon 1y agoit's just 2 users, no?
- stanac 1y agoYou are right, 5 comments by 2 new users. But looking at "Why We Spiral", which has a similar number of comments, it has a single dead comment by an older account. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240146
- duxup 1y agoI see just 2 users with dead comments at the moment, one of them (a brand new account) just spammed a bunch of posts.