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they aren't bots they are friends & customers of the product that we told about our launch and they came to show support...

• dang 1y ago
  Of course I believe you that they aren't bots, but it's against HN's rules to have friends show up to upvote and comment like this. It comes across as astroturfing, and HN's community (as you've no doubt noticed) is zealous in defending itself against this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
  • andyprevalsky 1y ago
    Yea I saw those rules a little too late after posting , that’s mb
  • AllyRectangle 1y ago
    I'm curious how this is any different from what every startup does when they launch and ask their employees/customers/friends to like and share their posts: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/martykausas_we-built-a-clickfarm-at-our-office-the-activity-7366862143658348544-0nc-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA8eFQQB4NI7HAn15PEDv7pJV_GDhC2O7xo https://www.linkedin.com/posts/martykausas_we-built-a-clickf...
    • dang 1y ago
      It's no different.