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Well, there is a large number of anti-Microsoft and pro-Google posts all over the internet as well, do you think that everyone defending Google is a shill too?
by adamors 14y ago
Well, there is a large number of anti-Microsoft and pro-Google posts all over the internet as well, do you think that everyone defending Google is a shill too?
Or anyone who is saying that there isn't a Google funded smear campaign against Microsoft?
- threeseed 14y agoThe difference is that the reporter witnessed what appeared to be a coordinated effort to downvote the anti-Samsung posts.
- adamors 14y agoEver been to /r/technology lately? Try saying anything bad about Google and you will see the same number of downvotes coming your way.
- batiudrami 14y agoMy guess would be that it was linked to on one of the many, many Android websites (Android Police, for instance). That would cause the exact same effect (and you'd be able to tell by checking the referrers, but of course that kind of thing wasn't mentioned in the article.
- sjwright 14y agoIt's a shame if Disqus can't provide statistics about traffic sources versus action. I'd like to see what the referer traffic looks like, as well as the country lookup for IP addresses.
- jychang 14y ago"Coordinated effort" means very little when anything going organically viral would produce the same results. To draw conclusions of conspiracy when the only evidence is a large number of views/posts/downvotes is irresponsible.