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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 astroturf
by 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 agoYea I saw those rules a little too late after posting , that’s mb
- AllyRectangle 1y agoI'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 agoIt's no different.