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Sure, that makes sense. Thanks for replying. > Here's an example of what we can say: if user A accuses user B of astroturfing, spying, manipulating, etc., and
by brazukadev 1mo ago
Sure, that makes sense. Thanks for replying.
> Here's an example of what we can say: if user A accuses user B of astroturfing, spying, manipulating, etc., and a quick look at B's posting history shows that they were posting to HN about, let's say, Erlang in 2019, the odds of that accusation being correct go down to negligible
about this one tho I have noticed bot behavior (including posts that are incoherent) from old accounts - so there is the risk of 2 things going on:
- people getting hacked and their accounts being used for that
- some people that just decided to connect a bot to their account or use their account themselves to astroturf.
which is way more difficult to spot. Anyway, I don't have a solution for those problems. You have an interesting and difficult work :)) Have a nice day, dang!
- dang 1mo ago> people getting hacked and their accounts being used for that Ah good point - I added that bit to the parent. Thanks for the interesting replies!